Muzzman
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Yup, for Sussex Uni. Clearing opened beginning of July, but the workload increases somewhat today.
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A Level Results Day
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Good luck - I'm going in today for the same reason, although should be OK, as we have filled our places by only having to drop one grade; we ask for AAB/ABB, but have taken applicants with BBB.
Scoffers
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So when do you confirm your offers? as soon as 8am hits?
TWOCHOICEStom
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I would love to hear some of the stories from the dreaded "clearing" process. Heard so many tales (read: lies) about what gets you in etc.
BrightonCottager
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Interesting. My daughter discovered her course of choice accepted 3 Bs last year - she's been offered AAB.
In some of the American films I've watched the girls find ways to get accepted
We get the A Level results on Monday, so we have 3 days to work out our offers and fill places and hopefully keep out of the bun-fight or lottery of Clearing.
So today, we tell students who have have dropped a grade whether they are still being accepted onto their chosen course.
We may well be one of the ones on the phone to you shortly then for Sussex clearing!
BrightonCottager
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Good luck to everyone and their sprogs.
If your son/daughter has dropped a grade - got BBC rather than BBB, for example - you should be OK. Unis would rather fill their places with students who put them as their 1st Choice, than go into the lottery of Clearing, and end up with a student who didn't get the grades asked for by their 1st/2nd choice uni, and hadn't wanted to come to the 'other' uni anyway, and spends the 3 years with an attitude problem or chip on their shoulder.
Whatever the situation, do phone immediately - every hour which passes, any vacancies will be filling up.
Good luck!
Muzzman
Pocket Rocket
Good luck! Although, if you've been put through to me then something is probably complicated about the application, and you don't want that!
It's a balancing act - universities don't want to go 'too low' in the grades they accept, and thus take 'weak' students, but as each student now means £9,250 (I hate this 'business model' fees-regime) income, unfilled places means loss of income, and ultimately loss of jobs.
Sadly, like most 'public' services today, accountants and business managers run universities, and academics just do what they are told (but get blamed when anything goes wrong!).
No, but looks like we have a big green confimation tick on his UCAS log in, so we're in....Phew!
Scoffers
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Big green tick here also! relief!
BrightonCottager
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Tell me about it!
Miss BC has got into Sheffield which was her 1st choice and great for all concerned. Annoyingly for me, almost all of Fulham's away games within easy reach of there are in the first half of the season and I've been 'strongly advised' by MrsBC not to go and visit her during the first term. I was planning some epic awaydays with her.
Ding Dong !
Boy I'm HOT today !
Daughters avoided clearing fiasco and got the required ABB to get into Southampton Uni.......
Vaughan Storm
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Going to collect my results soon, don't really know how I feel about it to be honest. Like does it really matter?
Muzzman
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Only if you plan attending university, and even then, just wait until you turn 21, become a mature student/applicant, and get in via an interview and set essay.
A-Levels are not the be all and end all.
Vaughan Storm
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I had interviews for degree apprenticeships yesterday, the grade requirements are low but whether they'd hire someone with higher grades than me all the time I don't know. University is a scam in my opinion.
