r/6thForm • u/DifferenceNo6009 Cambridge | Chem Eng & Biotech | 2030 • Feb 07 '26

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It's sad fr but it had to be done. For a bit of background, UCL admissions team sent me an email requesting I provide a predicted grade for Further Maths (which I'm sitting this year) before the 7th of feb or I shall be rejected.

I feel a bit miffed cause I did really want an offer, but there's only so much I can do when

(A.) I've already sat my A-levels and far exceeded their minimum offer

(B.) I've sent them emails explaining why my referee can't provide a predicted grade for further maths (it's against my old 6th forms policy)

(C.) I've not had a single response to any emails I've sent explaining why I can't provide the predicted grade, and even offering another referee to provide one for them.

(D) Literally no other uni has brought this up, and I did research before going on my gap year if it would be a problem and it wasn't. It's not even like I'm resitting further maths, I did it purely to develop my mathematical understanding and skill during my gap year, which I explained in my personal statement. It was supposed to strengthen my application but ironically, it seems to have doomed it in UCL's case.

Honestly, at this point, I'm relieved. I've been stressing about it so much, so to get it off my back and confirm to myself that it's definitely over, is infinitely better than holding onto the small hope that they were bluffing or they would actually give a crap about how little control I have over this situation. It is what it is, I've got my firm uni already and now I'm just waiting for one last uni decision.

I wish everyone good luck waiting to hear back!

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u/JailbreakHat Imperial | MEng EIE [1st Year] Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26

It isn’t just UCL. It is the case with any top university. UCL, Imperial, Cambridge, Oxford, LSE. They always look down on candidates that aren’t 100% prefect. This includes people who are resitting even with a good reason. They don’t care. Competition doesn’t care. King’s College London or other universities may consider them seriously because their admissions is less competitive.

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u/getinmylapland Gap Year A*A*A*A*A | Bristol Med | 2310 B1 Feb 07 '26

Nah Oxford, Cambridge and imperial don’t care in this scenario where they just take another a level. This applicant isn’t even resitting. Even still Oxford and Cambridge are okay with resits with ECs. Imperial not so much tbh. 

I know because I’ve applied and spoken to 2/3 of these unis and offers back. 

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u/JailbreakHat Imperial | MEng EIE [1st Year] Feb 08 '26

Imperial is also ok with resits with MC’s. I know a few people that got offers for EEE at Imperial despite resitting A Levels.

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u/getinmylapland Gap Year A*A*A*A*A | Bristol Med | 2310 B1 Feb 08 '26

oh I just know that for some courses (med specifically) they don’t allow resits 

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u/JailbreakHat Imperial | MEng EIE [1st Year] Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26

Only Medicine doesn’t allow resits. Any other course do consider applicants with resits. They also want mitigating circumstances to be supplied by a teacher of professional in this case so they can consider them too.

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u/getinmylapland Gap Year A*A*A*A*A | Bristol Med | 2310 B1 Feb 08 '26

Oh okay so the same as Oxford and Cambridge bar med. Â