Can I go to uni with bad grades?

There’s still a chance a university will accept you with lower grades if you narrowly missed the mark (though trying your luck with three Cs when your offer was ABB probably won’t work). There can be a disparity between what a university asks for and what it will accept.

Can a university change their mind after rejecting you?

Universities are made up of humans and deserve the right to change its mind. One should appeal a rejection based on new information, such as test scores or grades from when the application was submitted.

Who is the a-level student who was rejected from Oxford?

A student who achieved straight A*s in her A-levels said today she was rejected from every university she applied for, including Oxford. Prina Shah, from Mill Hill in north London, did not manage to secure a university place to study medicine despite being awarded the top A-level grade in maths, further maths, biology and chemistry.

How many students are turned away from UCAS each year?

As of the end of May, Ucas applications were already up by 14\% — or 77,758. Professor Steve Smith, president of Universities UK and the vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter, has predicted that more than 200,000 students will be turned away, tens of thousands of them with excellent grades.

Was ni a-level student turned down for Oxford University?

Prescott tweeted: ‘NI pupil who got 7 – yes SEVEN A* – in his A levels – tells Nolan show he has been turned DOWN by Oxford University’. But on her blog, Mensch argued that the university made the right choice. She wrote: ‘I said the kid probably wasn’t good enough for Oxford, and he probably wasn’t.

Was Alastair Herron the first student to be rejected from Oxford?

Alastair Herron is not the first student to be rejected from Oxford despite achieving the highest possible grades. Laura Spence, from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, had applied to read medicine at Magdalen College.