A-level results day: A guide to Clearing
By RachelEngland | Thursday, August 18, 2011, 12:50
Don't panic if you didn't get the results you expected - despite the rise in university applications this year, Clearing is still an option. Check out this useful guide from Kingston College.
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Don't panic if your results aren't what you expected
You can take part in Clearing if:
- You have declines all your offers or have not responded to them
- Your offers have not been confirmed because you haven't met the conditions
- You have declined a change course, a changed date of entry and / or changed point of entry offer
- You applied for one course which has been declined/unsuccessful and you have paid the full application fee (£21 for 20100)
- You applied after 30th June
- Look at vacancies
- Vacancies are constantly updates so check regularly
- The Telegraph and the UCAS website are excellent places to start
- Just because a course is full now does not mean it will be full later - vacancies may still arise
- Make a note of your clearing number, which is displayed on the welcome page of Track
- Contact the universities that you're interested in
- Check their website for a clearing hotline number. They'll be able to advise you on the next course of action at that particular institution
- Accepting an offer
- You may be informally offered several places at different universities. Decide which offer you want to accept. You can only choose one.
- Adding a Clearing choice
- If you are offered a place in Clearing, the university will give you a date by which you must enter their course details on Track. You can only do this once.
- Click 'Add Clearing Choice' in Track and enter the course details - only do this if you have been offered a place and want to accept the offer.
- Confirmation
- If you are formally accepted, the acceptance will be displayed in the 'choice' section of Track, and UCAS will send you a letter to let you know your place is confirmed
- If you are not accepted, the 'add clearing choice' link in Track will be reactivated, and you can apply to another choice.
Comments
That's useful. I remember on my A-levels day I didn't get what I wanted, nay, needed. But it was much easier in those days - none of the desperate scrabbling for places there is now.
By Evil_Custard at 15:29 on 22/08/11
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