Predicted grades for pharmacy

1) You need to check the Contextual criteria for each Uni carefully on each website - they will all use different criteria and data-sets, don't just assume that you qualify.
2) The B grade prediction for Chemistry will count you out of Uni like UCL and probably KCL. The London glamour factor means they get thousands of applications and they can be very picky about who they interview. Bath may be okay - but they would probably prefer an A in Chemistry.
Remember that it does not actually matter where you do an MPharm degree. All degrees are accredited as equal by the GPhC, all follow the same set syllabus and all lead to exactly the same professional qualification. The NHS will not care where you trained and your future patients/customers will never ask. So - forget RG, for Pharmacy it means nothing. Unis like Lancashire, Aston, Reading, Swansea etc would be great non-RG choices.

Ok so im being predicted an A in chem now due to improvement- odes this increase my chance for London unis?

Unless your parants live in London, it will cost you a lot more for accoundation if at London university and you will also have long commutes from the accoundation after 1st year.

my UCAS predicted grades are looking like ABB or AAB (if my teacher finalises it). I want to do pharmacy MPharm at uni and my top 3 unis are
KCL (which need AAA- contextual is AAC) with an A in chemistry
UCL (which needs AAB- contextual BBB)
Bath (AAB- which needs AAB- contextual offer ABB)
my chem is predicted a B.
My gcses are 888777666.
is it worth applying to these with my predicted grades- am I likely to get an offer. BTW I am eligible for a contextual offer.
Even for kings they say they need an A in chemistry but my teacher wont predict anything but B.
What should I do?
a lot of people are saying offers dont matter because of clearing but do Russel groups even do clearing? I wouldn't feel content going to a non Russel group uni?
I really need some advice?

Unless your parants live in London, it will cost you a lot more for accoundation if at London university and you will also have long commutes from the accoundation after 1st year.

I think you should go ahead and apply to at least one russel group university, it is good to have at least one to two aspirational uni choices, and it wont hurt to try. The worst that the uni can say is no. Perfect the other parts of your application including your PS to make yourself more appealing to the universities you are applying too. Yes, it is hard to get into Russel group universities especially if you are a grade below their requirements but it is not impossible. But still, like the others are saying, be strategic with your university choices, have different london universities ranging from higher required a-level grads to lower grades. I am also based in london and want to stay in london for university so i understand the struggle and luckily there are plenty of london universities you can apply to. Try having a look at other london universities that you wouldn't mind studying at. Just remember to keep an open mind .
Also, if you search up a univeristy and its course on ucas and then scrool to the bottom, you can input your grades and see what perecentage of people were accepted with your grades onto the course from the previous years (2022-2024).
All the best with your university application!!!!