University help please

just Scott

just Scott

just Scott

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Firstly, I know I'm very late applying for uni so you don't need to tell me. :o

2 weeks ago I applied for uni and today I got a letter from UCAS telling me all the uni's I applied for have made me an offer. I applied for: Liverpool Uni, John Moores, Edge Hill and Liverpool Hope. On the letter it showed the conditions I needed to meet in order to get into Liverpool Uni - an A and B in my Double Award ICT course, and a Distinction in my BTEC course. Although on the UCAS/Track site, it says different - it says I need a B and a C in ICT, so I don't know what's going on there. The rest of the uni's just require a certain amount of UCAS point, which I should be getting enough of for all of them.

Now, I'd really like to go to Liverpool Uni but I don't think I can meet their requirements. I'm on a for C/D in ICT and a Merit in BTEC. So my initial thought was to decline Liverpool and make John Moores my firm and Edge Hill my insurance. But then I thought, why would Liverpool make me an offer when they knew my predicted grades (C/D, Merit)? So in school today I asked the head of 6th form and she said she wasn't sure, which wasn't very helpful.

So here's where I'm stuck. Do I accept Liverpool and risk not getting in, which would be a waste of a place I could get in Edge Hill or do I decline Liverpool and accept Edge Hill when Liverpool might accept me anyway regardless of not meeting the requirements?

I'm just looking for some general advice really. What would you do in my situation? I'm not very knowledgeable on the whole University thing, like I said I only really started wanting to go 2 weeks ago.

Thanks
 
Go for Liverpool and try your hardest to get the required grades. Even if you just miss out on the grades then there's a chance they'll still take you.
 
scorza said:
Go for Liverpool and try your hardest to get the required grades. Even if you just miss out on the grades then there's a chance they'll still take you.
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Thanks mate but the work is already done pretty much. The ICT course has finished and I'm finishing the BTEC course next week, so there's nothing else I can add to it really. I'm stupid I know for leaving it this late, but I didn't expect to get an offer from Liverpool anyway.
 
Dunno then lol - ring up an admissions tutor at University of Liverpool and see what they say your chances are. Long time since I did this myself lol. Also, consider going outside Liverpool.
 
My brother applied to cardiff and didn't make his offer (Think he got a D instead of a B for one of his subjects but I'm not 100% sure on that). Parents had a huge panic, but cardiff took him anyhow without a fuss.

If you really want to go to Liverpool it's worth putting it down and being hopeful, you still get the insurance offer to pick somewhere you know you can get anyhow.
 
Fyebot said:
My brother applied to cardiff and didn't make his offer (Think he got a D instead of a B for one of his subjects but I'm not 100% sure on that). Parents had a huge panic, but cardiff took him anyhow without a fuss.

If you really want to go to Liverpool it's worth putting it down and being hopeful, you still get the insurance offer to pick somewhere you know you can get anyhow.
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Thanks mate. My friend just told me the same story, one of his friends didn't meet some of the requirements but still got in too. I'll go with Liverpool then. Maybe I'll get lucky and the will happen to me.
 
Don't you have to confirm the firm and insurance choice? Maybe your situation is different because of the timeframe? Is so, i'd put liverpool uni as firm, and john moores as insurance. If your grades dont allow for liv uni and after begging them doesn't work you can accept the place at jmoores
 
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