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why is my offer on ucas but not the official university portal

I got an offer for medicine on UCAS but haven't heard from the university itself and in their separate university portal it says "pending" - is there a mistake or something?

Reply 1

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by nmedicine
I got an offer for medicine on UCAS but haven't heard from the university itself and in their separate university portal it says "pending" - is there a mistake or something?

I would definitely email the uni admissions team to ask about this but I wouldn't worry too much. UCAS is the most important website for offers, maybe the uni forgot to update their university portal as they already sent you the offer on UCAS.
Apart from this, very well done! Which uni have you gotten this offer from?

Reply 2

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by stilllearning123
I would definitely email the uni admissions team to ask about this but I wouldn't worry too much. UCAS is the most important website for offers, maybe the uni forgot to update their university portal as they already sent you the offer on UCAS.
Apart from this, very well done! Which uni have you gotten this offer from?

thanks!! its for st andrews

Reply 3

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by nmedicine
thanks!! its for st andrews

Nice! I got my offer for Edinburgh before Christmas but I didn't apply to St. Andrews, so I don't know much about it. What was the interview like? Did you have to apply separately to their 5 year course/ 3 years there and then elsewhere course and which of these did you choose?

Reply 4

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by stilllearning123
Nice! I got my offer for Edinburgh before Christmas but I didn't apply to St. Andrews, so I don't know much about it. What was the interview like? Did you have to apply separately to their 5 year course/ 3 years there and then elsewhere course and which of these did you choose?

It was an online MMI interview with 4x6minute stations! I applied for the course split between 2 unis and on the application I put the England route (final 3 years in england) but I think I can change it later. i'm from England so i thought i might like to come back to london but i love scotland so might end up changing my mind! I also applied to Edinburgh but only just had my interview i'm so jealous that you already have an offer I love Edinburgh so mcuh !!!

Reply 5

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by nmedicine
It was an online MMI interview with 4x6minute stations! I applied for the course split between 2 unis and on the application I put the England route (final 3 years in england) but I think I can change it later. i'm from England so i thought i might like to come back to london but i love scotland so might end up changing my mind! I also applied to Edinburgh but only just had my interview i'm so jealous that you already have an offer I love Edinburgh so mcuh !!!

That's interesting, I'll be honest I didn't apply to St. Andrews just because I wanted a big city uni without having to move between different uni's, so St. Andrews just didn't really seem appealing. I've heard the students there are happy though.
Haha, yeah, they really gave out offers soon for Edinburgh for Scots, but I'm sure you'll get one soon enough! How was your Edinburgh interview?

Reply 6

I feel like i can never tell whether my interviews went well or not but the interviewers were so nice and I liked the format with the group task so that was good!! where else did you apply and have you heard back from anywhere else?

Reply 7

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by nmedicine
I got an offer for medicine on UCAS but haven't heard from the university itself and in their separate university portal it says "pending" - is there a mistake or something?
I am in the same situation as you. UCAS Hub says I got a conditional offer from St. Andrews, but in the university's portal say the decision is still pending.

May I get a follow up to your situation? Did the university update the portal to align with UCAS Hub?

Thanks!

Reply 8

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by aksjkdjaskljd
I am in the same situation as you. UCAS Hub says I got a conditional offer from St. Andrews, but in the university's portal say the decision is still pending.
May I get a follow up to your situation? Did the university update the portal to align with UCAS Hub?
Thanks!

My St Andrews portal updated at 9.30 ish this morning with the offer and I got an email from the uni at the same time! i think it must've been delayed because of the weekend or something. well done on your offer !!

Reply 9

Just wait for 48 hours.
Often it takes Uni systems a while to update after decisions have been sent to UCAS.

Reply 10

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by nmedicine
My St Andrews portal updated at 9.30 ish this morning with the offer and I got an email from the uni at the same time! i think it must've been delayed because of the weekend or something. well done on your offer !!

Thanks!

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