How do offered grades work

If, for instance, I was applying to an oxbridge course with a AAA offer on its page, and I was predicted A*A*AA, could the university, if they were to make me an offer post-interview, for my grades to be something other than AAA.
Basically, could the university make a different offer based on my predicted grades, and if I do more a levels than shown. Additionally, I go to a quite selective grammar school, so would this make any impact on the offered grades.
Much thanks

Reply 1

Aaron80G

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Oxbridge I think won't, but schools like Imperial and Edinburgh gave insane Cons (sometimes higher than your predicted0 lol

Reply 2

Mr Tangle

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Oxford makes standard offers. For example, I do law, which requires AAA. The offer is AAA for everyone who gets one.They don't make it harder based on school. Cambridge may be different, but I dunno. Oxford: AAA means AAA.

Do three A levels and save yourself a headache!

Reply 3

marksteven6

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Offered grades are the grades that universities will give you as part of your conditional offer typically based on your achieved or predicted results. If, in your last exams, you meet those grades, your place is confirmed. If you slightly miss your offered grades, the university, subject to competition for places and i.e. if there are still places available, may still accept you.

Reply 4

Mr Tangle

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Yeah, but I think the OP was asking about something else. He/she is maybe jittery about Oxford* asking for grades above the standard offer, but the clue is in the words "standard offer".

*says "Oxbridge", but no such place, obvs.

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

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by Mr Tangle

Yeah, but I think the OP was asking about something else. He/she is maybe jittery about Oxford* asking for grades above the standard offer, but the clue is in the words "standard offer".
*says "Oxbridge", but no such place, obvs.

Hi, thanks for your response.

I was also wondering if doing 4 a-levels will make me seem more appealing to admissions people as it may make me seem more academically incline?

Reply 6

Mr Tangle

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by Anonymous

Hi, thanks for your response.
I was also wondering if doing 4 a-levels will make me seem more appealing to admissions people as it may make me seem more academically incline?

Nope. Do three.

"Studying more than three A-levels
Offers will normally only be made for three A-levels regardless of how many you are taking, though the offer may specify in which three subjects we want the required grades.
Any additional A-levels that you choose to take will be considered, and can help to demonstrate your ability to handle a large workload. However, we recommend that you think carefully before taking on any additional A-levels as this may reduce the time you have to read around your chosen subject beyond your school or college work.
We advise candidates not to spread themselves too thinly across too many subjects, where they may risk dropping a grade or two in their results. Our offers are made on the basis of exam grades rather than UCAS Tariff points, so three A*/A grades would be sufficient to meet most conditional offers, but two A*s and two Bs would not."

Emphasis added.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/admission-requirements/uk-qualifications#:~:text=Studying%20more%20than%20three%20A,we%20want%20the%20required%20grades.

Reply 7

Mr Tangle

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PS: Don't do your head in. My Oxford offer was AAA. I got AAA. You don't need perfection.

Reply 8

thegeek888

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Original post

by Anonymous

If, for instance, I was applying to an oxbridge course with a AAA offer on its page, and I was predicted A*A*AA, could the university, if they were to make me an offer post-interview, for my grades to be something other than AAA.
Basically, could the university make a different offer based on my predicted grades, and if I do more a levels than shown. Additionally, I go to a quite selective grammar school, so would this make any impact on the offered grades.
Much thanks

Only Cambridge University make A*A*A*A* offers for Natural Sciences or A*A*A or even A*A*A* offers for some other courses as I have seen on the Cambridge forum here on TSR.

Oxford only makes A*A*A offers for some maths and science based courses and A*AA for many degrees but for most arts degrees the offer is AAA grades for entry. 🙂

So, you will only need to achieve AAA to meet your offer.

(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 9

thegeek888

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Original post

by Mr Tangle

PS: Don't do your head in. My Oxford offer was AAA. I got AAA. You don't need perfection.

Which A-Levels did you study?

Reply 10

Anonymous #2

At Oxford, you will get the standard offer for the degree you apply for and it will always be based on 3 A levels. They won’t make you a harder offer because you are predicted higher, or because they aren’t sure about you and so want to set you a harder challenge. They also don’t make higher offers for selective schools or lower for contextual candidates.

Having 4 A levels is not an advantage. People who get Oxford offers do sometimes have 4 A levels but this is correlation not causation, and how many A levels you are doing is not taken into account in the process.

The only exception is if your fourth A level is Further Maths, when many schools recommend taking 3 others.

Cambridge is more complicated as there isn’t a common admissions framework between colleges and so different colleges can have different requirements. But as you have posted on the Oxford forum I’m guessing you are applying to Oxford.

Reply 11

Mr Tangle

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by thegeek888

Which A-Levels did you study?

I'm in a good mood cos I aced my Contract Collection, so I'll indulge you with some vicarious thrills. I did A Level Latin, Ancient History, and French, and got AAA. But who cares? I don't!