University application problem

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My friend applied for university got all offers back and made Southampton first choice and Bournemouth second choice. Only now realised that the Southampton one said 2026 is it too late to change it to 2025 start date or is it too late. They have already contacted the university so is it up to them?

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FiBox

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UCAS allow you 14 days to change your mind about the university you have firmed. It sounds like Southamptons offer is for 2026, not 2025. You could try contacting the university but if the offer was for 2026 then there was probably a reason why they didn’t offer 2025 (presumably full). Definitely worth speaking to Southampton though.

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by Guebfjcneif

My friend applied for university got all offers back and made Southampton first choice and Bournemouth second choice. Only now realised that the Southampton one said 2026 is it too late to change it to 2025 start date or is it too late. They have already contacted the university so is it up to them?

yes, your friend will need to check with southhampton uni whether the offer was meant to be for 2026, some unis do this if they don’t have enough space for 2025, so they offer a deferred place. If this is the case and your friend would rather start in 2025 using another offer, they can change their offers on ucas up to 14 days after firming. There is a also a chance that the 2026 place could be brought forward to 2025, but they will only know this on results day, if others don’t make the grade etc

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Uni of Southampton Students

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by Guebfjcneif

My friend applied for university got all offers back and made Southampton first choice and Bournemouth second choice. Only now realised that the Southampton one said 2026 is it too late to change it to 2025 start date or is it too late. They have already contacted the university so is it up to them?

Hi @Guebfjcneif one for the admissions team. I hope it's all ok and your friend gets it all sorted soon 🙂

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