Join us at City through Clearing and Adjustment.
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If your results are better than you expected, you may be in a position to consider studying at City by applying through Adjustment.
The Adjustment process starts on A-level results day and runs until late August. If your results are better than expected, you can apply to City to see if you are eligible for an offer from us. We will consider students interested in Adjustment across City, should you meet the advertised entry requirements.
If you choose to register for Adjustment, your Adjustment period starts whenever your conditional firm (CF) choice changes to unconditional firm (UF) and lasts for five consecutive days. As you have a limited time to change your university choice through Adjustment, it's important to ensure you're prepared and have read the information on our website.
You are eligible to use Adjustment if:
You are not eligible to use Adjustment if:
If you registered for Adjustment accidentally, don’t worry – as long as you don’t contact any universities about adjustment offers, your offer will still stand.
Please note that sometimes UCAS will show you adjustment options even though you are not actually eligible for adjustment. It is important that you check that you are eligible for Adjustment as this is what gives you the safety net of keeping your original Unconditional Firm choice. If you submit yourself on UCAS Track and you are not eligible, you would then need to use the Release into Clearing process to add the new offer as a Clearing offer, and would not be able to keep your previous Unconditional Firm choice.
Once you have confirmed you are eligible to use Adjustment, you should take the following steps:
If you want to know more about what the process is like, you can read about Shivani's experience of coming to City through Adjustment from The City Scoop on Medium. You can also find guidance from UCAS on adjustment on their website.
Still uncertain whether you are eligible for Adjustment? The below examples may help you determine whether or not you have exceeded the terms of your offer.
Offer | Actual grades |
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A-level AAB | A-level AAA |
A-level CCD (C in Chemistry) | A-level ACD (A in Chemistry) |
A-level ABB (B in History) | A-level ABB (A in History) |
SQA Higher BCC | SQ Higher ABC |
SQA Higher BBC (C in Chemistry) | SQA Higher ABC (B in Chemistry) |
SQA Adv. Higher D in Italian | SQA Adv. Higher B in Italian |
International Baccalaureate (IB) total 30 points including 5 in Mathematics and 5 in Chemistry | International Baccalaureate (IB) total 30 points including 6 in Mathematics and 5 in Chemistry |
Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level) grade B in Mathematics and grades BCC | Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level) grade B in Mathematics and grades ABC |
Examples provided by UCAS.
Offer | Actual grades |
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A-level CCD (C in Chemistry) | A-level BCD (D in Chemistry) |
A-level AA | A-level AAA |
A-level BBC | A-level BBCC |
SQA Higher CCC | SQA Higher BCD |
96 tariff points overall including C in French | 112 tariff points overall including D in French |
BTEC National Diploma MMM | BTEC National Diploma MMP |
International Baccalaureate (IB) total 30 points including 5 in Mathematics and 5 in Chemistry | International Baccalaureate (IB) total 32 points including 4 in Mathematics and 5 in Chemistry |
Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level) grade B in Mathematics and grades BCC | Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level) grade C in Mathematics and grades ACC |
Examples provided by UCAS.
Take a journey through our university. We are proud to say ‘This is City.’