Offer Flexibility

Also, if you have a successful appeal it might be worth contacting the college and asking if you should apply again or whether they can give you a deferred offer.

I already have 4 As at Advanced Higher including at A in Music - the subject I intend to study. However, I am sitting A level music during a gap year - it was a sort of condition that the specialist music school i am at set for me to be accepted. Oxford has asked that I get an A but I am a bit worried about this as it is a whole new exam system (not to mention the fact that my crazy school doesn't give me any exam-leave!) and I am being a bit too relaxed about it all. I was kind of hoping that they would still let me in if I didnt get an A as it seems a bit cheeky to have asked as I was basically a post-qualification applicant. What do you think? I s'pose it would be a bit shocking to not get an A in the subject I'm going to be studying...

When the exams are over I'm going to make a file of evidence I can send away in the case of an appeal, and have that sitting in a desk at school so they can be ready at a moment's notice to appeal the SQA'a ass off for me!

Mmm pretty worried about it all. Perhaps a fake doctor's note explaining that a nervous breakdown or some new, bizzare illness hindered your exam performance might do the trick....

ok, here's my situation:
I may get AAA, but AAB looks more likely, with the B in English. If I get AAB, I'll get my Head of Year to write to Oxford and say:

A) I was the one of only 2 people to get an offer based on AH grades, and the other was BBC in the whole year

B) In english i wasn't taught for 2 months towards the end

C) I was heavily involved in the School Show, Yearbook, and Prom committees, i.e. I ran them all

D) My head of year, who is a language teacher, advised me to concentrate on my langs; they advised me to do this on my interview feedback too.

E) I've launched an appeal, and hopefully would be able to upgrade my results.

If I sent them this letter the day I get my results, do you think they would reject me, make me wait on the result of my appeal (which would take 2-4 weeks; the UCAS deadline for meeting your conditions is Aug 31st), or accept me?

Also, when do the english results come out? The scots ones are Aug 12, so I might have a bit of an advantage over you guys!! ...or not!

I know that revising is boring (god I'm supposed to be doing some right now!) and you probably can't see a light at the end of the tunnel but for the next few months just work your arse off so you don't have to keep worrying what to do if you miss your offer! If you ever get fed up of revising and start to think "i can't be bothered" just imagine how you'll feel on results day if you miss your oxford offer when you've come so far and got through the hardest obstacle...applying.

*Runs back to work*

you won't regret it honest. Likewise...I AM going to go and do some vector calculus I promise!

My exams start in 3 weeks, and I;ve not done very much revision.
Oh well, back to work I suppose... what youve said makes sense.

Hmmm, my cambridge offer letter specifically stated that it 'might be possible' for them to 'relax' the offer conditions come exam results in august.

thanks for the advice. i was afraid that was the answer.