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Can a university withdraw an offer?

I have accepted an unconditional offer at the University of Winchester, and am wondering if it's possible for them to withdraw the offer after it's been accepted (such as if they made a mistake, if they oversubscribed etc)?

Thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

If you have lied in your personal statement then yes but I'm sure you will get the offer.

Congratulations...:smile: :woo:

Reply 2

No unless they find out you have criminal convictions or what have you. Well done. :smile:

Reply 3

love_mojitos
As far as I know yes.
I know that if you put a uni as your firm, get the grades, then go to another uni the uni can sue you, but of course they would not... that is what the unergraduate head at my uni said, so I am sure the uni could say the same to you.
Dont worry about it... if they dont want you, you will fail the first year :smile:

Lol wtf? Why would a university sue you simply because you'd prefer not to study there, waste of time for all the people involved.

Reply 4

pamelaa
Lol wtf? Why would a university sue you simply because you'd prefer not to study there, waste of time for all the people involved.


Thats the whole point, they would not... but they could, because you broke your contract.

Reply 5

pamelaa
No unless they find out you have criminal convictions or what have you. Well done. :smile:


Really? If you get arrested and receive an official warning does that count as a criminal conviction? I've always wondered.

Reply 6

aliphatic
Really? If you get arrested and receive an official warning does that count as a criminal conviction? I've always wondered.

I think it depends on how serious the crime was really, I'm no expert.

Reply 7

pamelaa
I think it depends on how serious the crime was really, I'm no expert.


Fair enough, I think a criminal record is different to a criminal conviction, though. Or at least I hooope...

Reply 8

aliphatic
Really? If you get arrested and receive an official warning does that count as a criminal conviction? I've always wondered.


No- a conviction is something you get in a court. If the question asked about cautions,reprimands etc (like it would for something like nursing) then you'd have to say yes though.

Reply 9

Maths Genius
I have accepted an unconditional offer at the University of Winchester, and am wondering if it's possible for them to withdraw the offer after it's been accepted (such as if they made a mistake, if they oversubscribed etc)?

Thanks :smile:


Once the offer is final they cannot withdraw it, it is a legal commitment. Universities rarely oversubscribe as they know how many will take offers there based on the statistics from previous years.

Reply 10

madsporkmurderer
No- a conviction is something you get in a court. If the question asked about cautions,reprimands etc (like it would for something like nursing) then you'd have to say yes though.



Thank you! +rep

Reply 11

love_mojitos

I know that if you put a uni as your firm, get the grades, then go to another uni


How can you go to another uni if you meet the condition for your firm?

And OP the answer is no unless you've lied on your form.

Reply 12

Thanks everyone! Very reassuring

Reply 13

Yes. I know a girl at my school who got an unconditional, she accepted it and she asked them if she could stop doing her A levels if she didn't need them to get in, and go and do something else till Uni starts. They then withdrew their offer, probably because they thought they didn't want someone with that attidude towards work.

Reply 14

Maths Genius
I have accepted an unconditional offer at the University of Winchester, and am wondering if it's possible for them to withdraw the offer after it's been accepted (such as if they made a mistake, if they oversubscribed etc)?

Thanks :smile:
Unless you have lied in your application - claimed qualifications you don't have, for instance - or something material changes such as your examination plans, your place is guaranteed.

If after all you decide you don't want it, you have to persuade the uni to release you from the contract. Don't sign an accommodation agreement unless you are sure, because you can be held to that and it can be extremely expensive. Tuition fees won't be a problem unless you have actually enrolled, and even then if you drop out within a few weeks it should be OK.

Reply 15

Liam_20
Yes. I know a girl at my school who got an unconditional, she accepted it and she asked them if she could stop doing her A levels if she didn't need them to get in, and go and do something else till Uni starts. They then withdrew their offer, probably because they thought they didn't want someone with that attidude towards work.

What uni and course was that?

Reply 16

Liam_20
Yes. I know a girl at my school who got an unconditional, she accepted it and she asked them if she could stop doing her A levels if she didn't need them to get in, and go and do something else till Uni starts. They then withdrew their offer, probably because they thought they didn't want someone with that attidude towards work.

That’s changes to her examination arrangements though (sounds like she wanted to quit and not take exams, so drop subjects). They can change them if you drop a subject or change from double to single award etc. Really she should have just took the exams and got U or whatever, then they have to take her as nothings changed she’s just failed.

Can’t see many uni’s accepting a drop in subjects once they’ve given you an offer though, partly because of the work ethic but also because A-Levels are supposed to prepare you for uni, so by missing a chunk of them you could be “behind” on starting the course as you haven’t had whole A-Level experience. That’s why I made sure I had dropped down to AS RE before I submitted UCAS, that way no offer can get withdrawn as they knew about it when they accepted me

Well done on offer OP :smile:

Reply 17

i applied in univeristy college of london ucl
i study btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma
i got the conditional offer and they require DDD.
When i had applied i had told them i am doing a-level maths as well
but when they gave me the offer only on basis of btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma and didnt require a level maths i decided not to put burden on my self and give a level exams i am sure i will get above ddd in btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma so as now i am not doing a levels can they withdraw my offer.

Reply 18

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by nishantkumar2323
i applied in univeristy college of london ucl
i study btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma
i got the conditional offer and they require DDD.
When i had applied i had told them i am doing a-level maths as well
but when they gave me the offer only on basis of btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma and didnt require a level maths i decided not to put burden on my self and give a level exams i am sure i will get above ddd in btec level 3 national mechanical engineering extended diploma so as now i am not doing a levels can they withdraw my offer.


Yes - because they made your offer on the basis that you would be sitting your A Level maths exams.

I believe there is some concern amongst STEM admissions tutors regarding the amount of maths that BTEC students are actually required to do, which would likely mean that they were pleased to see you were taking A Level maths.

However, if you were to turn up to the exam but get a U, then the info you supplied would not have changed, and so they could not withdraw your offer.

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Reply 19

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by Origami Bullets
Yes - because they made your offer on the basis that you would be sitting your A Level maths exams.

I believe there is some concern amongst STEM admissions tutors regarding the amount of maths that BTEC students are actually required to do, which would likely mean that they were pleased to see you were taking A Level maths.

However, if you were to turn up to the exam but get a U, then the info you supplied would not have changed, and so they could not withdraw your offer.

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i had emailed them the query as well but they said its fine and not a problem only btec results will be considered

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