If you have spent three months or more in local authority care, you will be eligible for a contextual offer. Please tick the box in the care questions on your UCAS application. If your reference confirms that you've spent three months or more in local authority care, our admissions team will process your application.

What counts as a contextual offer?

4th April 2019. Contextual offers are when universities take into account applicants' personal circumstances when considering each candidate.

Are contextual offers automatic?

If they are made an offer, it is automatically at the contextual level and a bespoke set of communications are triggered.

Do all unis give contextual offers?

Not all unis make contextual offers, and some only offer them on specific courses – a minefield, we know! University websites are a great place to start your research. They usually have a dedicated page where they explain how they make contextual offers, and what factors they look at when making their decisions.

Do Oxbridge do contextual offers?

The University of Oxford is looking for students with the highest academic potential, from different backgrounds. ... Therefore, we use a range of contextual data to help us to better understand students' achievements in the context of their individual background.

What is a contextual offer at the University of Bristol?

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Do Exeter do contextual offers?

When we review an application, we take into consideration the context in which applicants have achieved their academic qualifications. If candidates meet certain eligibility criteria, we may make an offer which is lower than our typical entry requirements. This is called a contextual offer.

Does Cambridge look at Top 8 GCSEs?

Cambridge admissions were very specific at open days with us: They only take in to account 8 or 9 GCSE including the core. I would concur with previous posters that quality is far more important than quality.

Do Durham give contextual offers?

Any offers we make using this information are called 'contextual offers' and they are available across all of our undergraduate courses.

Does Imperial do contextual offers?

Contextual offers

Widening participation applicants who meet the adjusted minimum score will be invited to interview and those who are successful at interview will receive a contextual offer of AAA at A-level or an equivalent level qualification.

Does LSE give contextual offers?

All academic departments are participating in the contextual offer scheme. The contextual offer grades are listed alongside the standard offer A-level and IB entry requirements on the relevant programme pages.

Who is eligible for a contextual offer?

If you have spent three months or more in local authority care, you will be eligible for a contextual offer.

What are contextual requirements?

A model for contextual requirements should capture the mutual influence between a system and its context. Such model should be analyzed to detect modelling errors early on. ... The purpose is to identify alternatives (variants) which may be inoperable due to inconsistent context preconditions.

Do Manchester university accept lower grades?

You may find that your grades fall short of the entry requirements you needed for your university offer. Don't despair yet! 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).

What is a contextual offer UCAS?

Contextual offers recognise that academic potential is not always indicated in grades and considers how personal circumstances may have impacted achievement. Contextual offers often offer a grade reduction below the standard entry requirements for the course.

Does University of Birmingham accept lower grades?

Alternative offers through our Pathways to Birmingham programmes. Students who successfully complete a Pathways to Birmingham programme and apply to the University of Birmingham will receive special consideration from admissions tutors. ... The Pathways to Birmingham offer is typically two grades below the standard offer.

Do Warwick do contextual offers?

In 2021, 28% of our first year undergraduate students came to us with a contextual offer, making the Law School the leading department at the University of Warwick for the proportion of contextual offer holders.

Does Queen Mary give contextual offers?

Our contextual offer eligibility

Contextual offers can only be applied to A-Level qualifications only for home students starting the first year of a three or four year undergraduate degree.

Can you get into med school with no experience?

Medical schools are extremely hesitant to accept applicants who have little to no experience in a clinical health setting. In fact, if you have no clinical experience, your chances are almost zero that you will be accepted into medical school.

What is a good BMAT score for UCL?

This means that on average, and for the more highly selective of medical schools in the UK, scores in the region of 5.0 are to be expected. The best applicants will score a little higher (up to around 6.0), however, very few applicants will achieve a BMAT score higher than 7.0.

Do Manchester do contextual offers?

Contextual offer

If you meet the criteria and your predicted grades are within two grades of our minimum entry criteria you may be made a reduced offer. ... If you meet our postcode and school performance criteria the contextual offer is usually one grade lower than the standard entry requirements (WP Plus).

Does Durham give unconditional offers?

Unconditional offer – this means that you have met all requirements for your chosen programme and we are offering you a place at Durham.

What is a contextual offer UCL?

A Contextual Offer is an alternative route to undergraduate study for talented students. Our Contextual Offer scheme recognises the potential of students whose personal circumstances may have restricted achievement at school or college.

Can I get into Oxford with average grades?

Yes, your grades will need to really dazzle. GCSEs are seen as evidence of work ethic – and you need a really strong one of those to cope with studying at Oxford or Cambridge. Our 'guesstimate' is that the average successful applicant has around eight 8/9 grade GCSEs under their belt.

Are 6 GCSEs enough?

Employers generally look for around 5-6 GCSEs at A*- C grade. For the new grading system, that's 5-6 GCSEs at 9-4 grade. If you've got this many GCSEs, you should have no trouble finding a job. Even after college, having 5-6 strong GCSEs will get you far.

Why can't u apply to Oxford and Cambridge?

The understanding that exists between Oxford and Cambridge, which prevents prospective undergraduates from applying to both universities, may be an infringement of competition law, according to legal experts.