A levels gone badly

I initially had an offer for engineering of ABC or BBB but after how bad the papers went, i think ill get a BCD or praying i get ACD somehow. I don't think i'll get into my firm or insurance now or any engineering course now cause my physics grade is a D, and I can't take a gap year. I thought about doing economics and finance at southamtpon through clearing and heard they can take BCC, but im still one grade off. Since I have an B (possibly A) in maths, do you think they'd still give me an offer even though i get a D in physics? Because physics would not be related to the course at all. Thanks

I would point out that all of this is speculation - you're writing it as if you know you got a D at physics. Students are notoriously bad at assessing how well they did at exams, so I wouldn't be so fatalistic about it - though thinking through worst-case options is obviously sensible if you have a very definite feeling that the exams didn't go hugely well.

Hello there!
Thanks for reaching out and I'm sorry to hear you're feeling anxious at the moment. Rest assured this is perfectly normal and whatever happens, you have plenty of options:

I hope some of this helps but if you have any questions please add them to the thread.
Best of luck!
University of Bath

Thank you for the advice! In general, do you know how lenient universities tend to be when accpeting offer, either through clearing or already firmed? Would 1 or 2 grades below be okay or is that a stretch?

Thank you for the advice! In general, do you know how lenient universities tend to be when accpeting offer, either through clearing or already firmed? Would 1 or 2 grades below be okay or is that a stretch?

What r ur actual unis firm n insurance

Hi again Anon,
Each year in most cases the unis you put as your firms will look at those who narrowly missed their offers and may be able to accept them if there is room on the course, but this varies year on year and is by no means guaranteed. Usually near miss = 1 grade below the offer, but this again will vary uni to uni. Through clearing the required grades tend to be the same as the original course but this is again something you'd have to check on the university's website when clearing opens.
Wishing you the best of luck!
University of Bath

Ngl if you got BCD you’d deffo get rejected I’m sorry both unis have a reputation for rejecting people even if they r near misses esp Manchester and Exeter

Ngl if you got BCD you’d deffo get rejected I’m sorry both unis have a reputation for rejecting people even if they r near misses esp Manchester and Exeter

what do you think the chances of getting into southampton for econ/finance are?

I initially had an offer for engineering of ABC or BBB but after how bad the papers went, i think ill get a BCD or praying i get ACD somehow. I don't think i'll get into my firm or insurance now or any engineering course now cause my physics grade is a D, and I can't take a gap year. I thought about doing economics and finance at southamtpon through clearing and heard they can take BCC, but im still one grade off. Since I have an B (possibly A) in maths, do you think they'd still give me an offer even though i get a D in physics? Because physics would not be related to the course at all. Thanks

I initially had an offer for engineering of ABC or BBB but after how bad the papers went, i think ill get a BCD or praying i get ACD somehow. I don't think i'll get into my firm or insurance now or any engineering course now cause my physics grade is a D, and I can't take a gap year. I thought about doing economics and finance at southamtpon through clearing and heard they can take BCC, but im still one grade off. Since I have an B (possibly A) in maths, do you think they'd still give me an offer even though i get a D in physics? Because physics would not be related to the course at all. Thanks