What’s Next when you don’t get your Predicted Score…
A predicted grade is the level of proficiency that an applicant's school or college predicts they will achieve under ideal conditions.
Universities and colleges utilize these predicted grades to understand the potential of applicants as part of the admissions process.
Institutions are only likely to take into account the anticipated grades acquired as part of the UCAS application if they are completed by the time an application is submitted. Even though they'll attempt their best to accommodate real data entry mistakes, it could not always be achievable for highly competitive courses.
If you don't meet your goals for specific grades or overall UCAS points, you have a few options:
There's a risk you'll have to retake your A-Level exams for a second time to do better if your marks are significantly lower than expected and you can't find a university ready to accept you onto your selected programme. Not the best choice, and you'll probably feel a little bit like a failure if you return to the same college where you'll be studying the same material with the same professors but students who are a year younger than you. Unless you're applying to prestigious universities like Oxford or Cambridge, which have far higher admissions requirements than most, your actual grades won't be the deciding factor.
Proceed with UCAS Clearing.
If a student's expected or actual grades prevent them from being offered the positions they desire, Clearing offers a complete list of every university course in the nation that has not yet been filled and is willing to accept less academically talented people to fill it.
Another thing you can do is contact the University of your choosing and let them know what happened. They'll be sensitive to your situation and might even ask you to give a justification, which they'll take into account. If there are any openings, some universities will let you know closer to the start of the course. If not, there may be space for you to enrol even if you don't have the necessary grades; keep in mind that they will be receiving nearly £9,000 from you each year and won't be so lenient about it.
If you didn't get the grades you expected, it's not the end of the world, as you can see.
If none of the aforementioned possibilities works out for you, you might even think about taking a year off to figure out what you want to do or starting a full-time job if you've decided that higher education isn't for you.
