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I attended the offer-holder day at Nottingham, where Helen Gibbson mentioned that there might be places available through Clearing. However, this is not guaranteed. Nowhere on their website does it state that places are reserved for Clearing in April—this wouldn’t be a viable strategy for them (see point 2).
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Universities always make more offers than available places because a percentage of students inevitably miss their grades. However, since students generate income (to put it bluntly), universities aim to fill all available spots to maintain financial stability.
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In rare cases, an exceptional year may result in more students missing their offers, leaving a small number of places in Clearing. Realistically, this is unlikely to exceed 10. If this happens, you’ll need to act very quickly when contacting the university. You can sign up for the alerts from April btw.

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