Replying to your offers
You reply to each offer in one of the following ways:
- firm acceptance
- insurance acceptance
- decline.
Firm acceptance
Your firm acceptance is your first choice - this is your preferred choice out of all the offers you have received. You only have one firm acceptance.
If you accept an unconditional offer, you are agreeing that you will attend the course at that university or college, so you must decline any other offers. We'll send you a letter which will explain whether there is anything else you need to do.
If you accept a conditional offer, you are agreeing that you will attend the course at that university or college if you meet the conditions of the offer. You can accept another offer as an insurance choice.
Insurance acceptance
You can accept an offer as an insurance choice if your firm choice is a conditional offer. Your insurance choice can be conditional or unconditional and acts as a back-up to your firm choice, so if you don't meet the conditions for your firm choice but meet the conditions for your insurance choice, you are committed to that course.
The conditions for your insurance choice can be higher than your firm choice, but be aware that if you're not accepted by your firm choice, it's unlikely that you will be accepted for an insurance choice that requests higher grades.
You don't have to accept an insurance choice - if you don't meet the conditions of your firm choice but do meet the conditions of your insurance choice, you are committed to taking up that place. So, if you're not sure about any of your other choices, you're not obliged to accept one as an insurance option. You can only have one insurance acceptance.
Decline
Once you have decided which offer to accept firmly, and which (if any) to accept as an insurance, you must decline all other offers. If you don't want to accept any of the offers, you can decline them all. You will then be eligible to use Extra or Clearing, depending upon your circumstances.
How and when to reply to your offers
Use Track to reply to your offers. Your reply date will be displayed in Track. Your reply date is based on when we receive the last decision from your choices, so it might be different to other people's. If you don't reply by the date given, your offers will be declined. If this happens, call our Customer Service Unit to find out what you can do.
Last decision by | Your reply date is |
|---|---|
31 March 2010 | 5 May 2010 |
7 May 2010 | 8 June 2010 |
11 June 2010 | 30 June 2010 |
20 July 2010 | 27 July 2010 |
Last decision by | Your reply date is |
|---|---|
7 May 2010 | 8 June 2010 |
11 June 2010 | 30 June 2010 |
20 July 2010 | 27 July 2010 |
