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Clearing options for languages

I currently have an offer to study Arabic and French at Cambridge (A*AA) and need to decide which uni I’m putting down as my insurance.
I want to put Durham (AAA), but also understand that this is quite high for an insurance.
My other offers are Manchester (ABB), Edinburgh (ABB) and St Andrews (AAB). Recently I’ve been out off St Andrews as it is a 5 year degree, and have my heart set on Durham as an insurance.
If on results day thing go wrong, and I miss the grades for both my firm and insurance, how easy would it be to get into Edinburgh through clearing (bearing in mind it’s languages, and so I imagine a lot less competitive than other courses)?

Reply 1

mike23mike

Most languages course in universities are struggling with applications being down. Understandable since a languages student needs to have taken a language at A level and fewer and fewer students are taking a language at A level. I suggest you put Durham down as your second choice. If you fail to get AAA then you will be snapped up by Edinburgh and Manchester.

Reply 2

McGinger

As above, many 'top' Unis will have language courses in Clearing - and also because of the lack of competition places, many Unis will accept you 'below offer grades' just to fill the course.

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