Cardiff Grade Leniency

Hi

I have an offer for AAB for Cardiff 2025 for Law, and I’m really hoping for a B in history, but just wondering how lenient are they? If I was to get A*AC or even AAC, would I just not be considered or are they pretty lenient? Cardiffs my firm & I really really wanna go there yk (History a level will finish me off I think)

Thank you!

No university is inherently strict or lenient when it comes to grades. It all comes down to the numbers. They'll have a good idea, from past experience, how many offer-holder will meet the grade requirements of their offer. They are obliged to confirm the place of all such applicants. Depending on how many students meet their offer requirements, this might mean they take-on more students then they'd planned for. Or, it might mean that they have some space places. If they do, then they'll likely look to fill those places via those candidates who just missed their offer grades. If they do, they're not being "lenient", they're simply reacting to the difference between the number of places on the course and the number of students who met their grade requirements.
Whilst this is absolutely no guarantee of what will happen this year (as it depends on the numbers - see above), in recent years 98% of those who were holding an offer on results day and achieved A*AC were accepted. That number dropped to 82% for AAC. (See the "Historical entry grades data" section of this page on the UCAS site). Note that some of these may have been contextual candidates, or had other special circumstances which may make these statistics misleading.

Oh cool thank u! I was mostly saying leniency just cause it’s an easy way to phrase it, I get uni admissions r heavily subjective and depend on numbers but that’s great to know ! I didn’t even know that like grade statistics bit was a thing, very helpful thank u !

Hi
I have an offer for AAB for Cardiff 2025 for Law, and I’m really hoping for a B in history, but just wondering how lenient are they? If I was to get A*AC or even AAC, would I just not be considered or are they pretty lenient? Cardiffs my firm & I really really wanna go there yk (History a level will finish me off I think)
Thank you!

Hi there!
Yeah @DataVenia said it perfectly there, and I am glad to see their response has cleared some doubts for you.
So glad to hear that Cardiff is your top choice. I am a student here at Cardiff and love it.
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Grace - Cardiff Uni Student Rep

Thank you! 🙂 yeah I was just wondering about campus distance versus accommodation? Do you think it’s like a walkable city or you need public transport? And also is the public transport good? I’m from Bristol and it’s not the best here so lol, just wondering if it’s like that there too! Thank you