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Will i get offers??

Ive just submitted my ucas and im having second thoughts maybe my choices were all too aspirational. Im predicted ABB in business, econ and maths, im eligible for contextuals and i applied to

Aston Uni Accounting and Finance (BBC contextual)
Uni of Birmingham Accounting and Finance (ABB contextual)
Uni of Manchester Accounting (ABB contextual)

and then PwC Accounting Flying Start at Manchester and Nottingham (both ABB contextual)

I know i meet the contextual requirements but i don’t meet the standard requirements for any of these unis apart from aston, am i still likely to receive offers? If it helps i do think my personal statement is quite strong, and i have personal extenuating circumstances on my ucas application as well

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Btw my gcse grades are 766665544 with 7 in maths, 6 in eng lang and lit if that matters

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by agdhpksj
Ive just submitted my ucas and im having second thoughts maybe my choices were all too aspirational. Im predicted ABB in business, econ and maths, im eligible for contextuals and i applied to
Aston Uni Accounting and Finance (BBC contextual)
Uni of Birmingham Accounting and Finance (ABB contextual)
Uni of Manchester Accounting (ABB contextual)
and then PwC Accounting Flying Start at Manchester and Nottingham (both ABB contextual)
I know i meet the contextual requirements but i don’t meet the standard requirements for any of these unis apart from aston, am i still likely to receive offers? If it helps i do think my personal statement is quite strong, and i have personal extenuating circumstances on my ucas application as well

If you qualify for contextual offers then the fact that your predictions don't meet the standard offers is irrelevant.

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by ageshallnot
If you qualify for contextual offers then the fact that your predictions don't meet the standard offers is irrelevant.


It depends because with uob it may be risky especially if applying through a2b as you have to pass some requirements like the academic skills test throughout the year to actually be eligible and they cannot guarantee that you will. The lower offer is like a safety net. I was predicted D*A*A* and got the contextual offer at uob BUT my friend who also applied for a2b as well was predicted D*BB (same as A*BB or AAB) and was rejected even though the contextual offer was ABB.

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by Evelyn_22
It depends because with uob it may be risky especially if applying through a2b as you have to pass some requirements like the academic skills test throughout the year to actually be eligible and they cannot guarantee that you will. The lower offer is like a safety net. I was predicted D*A*A* and got the contextual offer at uob BUT my friend who also applied for a2b as well was predicted D*BB (same as A*BB or AAB) and was rejected even though the contextual offer was ABB.


Ive done realising opportunities which I’m pretty sure is an a2b so hopefully i should be good, i completed the academic skills module for it

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Any update I've applied for Birmingham with abb but I've not done pathway to Birmingham so the contextual would be AAB be for me... Am I cooked lol

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by Ytfuguyguygugt
Any update I've applied for Birmingham with abb but I've not done pathway to Birmingham so the contextual would be AAB be for me... Am I cooked lol


Ive got offers from manchester and aston still waiting on birms so idk😭 hopefully youll be fine just depends on ur predicted x

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by Ytfuguyguygugt
Any update I've applied for Birmingham with abb but I've not done pathway to Birmingham so the contextual would be AAB be for me... Am I cooked lol


Wait I didnt read this properly lol maybe go on ucas and put in ur grades for the course and see how likely u are to get an offer? Also if u have contextual that should probs increase ur chances they might give u an aspirational offer 🤷*♀️

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by agdhpksj
Ive just submitted my ucas and im having second thoughts maybe my choices were all too aspirational. Im predicted ABB in business, econ and maths, im eligible for contextuals and i applied to
Aston Uni Accounting and Finance (BBC contextual)
Uni of Birmingham Accounting and Finance (ABB contextual)
Uni of Manchester Accounting (ABB contextual)
and then PwC Accounting Flying Start at Manchester and Nottingham (both ABB contextual)
I know i meet the contextual requirements but i don’t meet the standard requirements for any of these unis apart from aston, am i still likely to receive offers? If it helps i do think my personal statement is quite strong, and i have personal extenuating circumstances on my ucas application as well

hi i applied to pwc accounting at nottingham with AAB predicted (not contextual) - they still gave me an offer even though its below AAA! well i have to do the pwc stuff but they said i met their requirements, so they are quite lenient. and the fact that you are contextual means they will probably defo give it to you as well

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Update i didnt pass pwcs interview stage but luckily it was before my 14 days and they hadnt yet formally rejected me on ucas so i could still change my choices, i ended up applying to
Uni of Nottingham Finance Accounting and Management
Uni of Manchester Accounting
Uni of Birmingham Accounting and Finance
Aston Uni Accounting and Finance
Loughborough Uni Accounting and Finance

I got all 5 offers but it was a bit odd bc Nottingham offered me BBB (bc ive done realising opportunities) and Birmingham gave AAA? Thats weird bc im predicted ABB idk if it was a mistake but i cba to ask im gna firm Nottingham anyway x

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by DiyaSiyani
hi i applied to pwc accounting at nottingham with AAB predicted (not contextual) - they still gave me an offer even though its below AAA! well i have to do the pwc stuff but they said i met their requirements, so they are quite lenient. and the fact that you are contextual means they will probably defo give it to you as well


Yh i got my offer and made it through the online assessments but not the video interview:frown: good luck with yoursss hopefully u do better than me lol

Reply 11

What A levels did you take ?? Cause I want to do the exact same thing as you but I’m struggling due to me not getting a 7 in maths GCSE. I did get a 6 though

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by Tireni21
What A levels did you take ?? Cause I want to do the exact same thing as you but I’m struggling due to me not getting a 7 in maths GCSE. I did get a 6 though


Maths business econ

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