How does this work for Late university Clearing?

[MO6]

If Clearing 2025 will end in Late-October, yet mostcourses begin in September, how does this work?

Could I ask for a place through clearing for a coursethat’s already begun if it’s still advertised? If so, when I enrol, what happens? No Fresher’s week; no course induction - just straight teaching?

I thought it was Cambridge, she got an offer and missed the grades due to undiagnosed SEN. So resat A Levels with extra time this year. But didn't apply to Oxford this year and had an existing foundation year offer from Cambridge.

Could be wrong though, there are so many threads....

Oh maybe… I thought she applied to Cambridge foundation year after her first set of grades. But 🤷‍♀️ at this point!

Heh, quite. I think they offered foundation rather than year one and she was offended by that.

Year 13 applied to Cambridge, missed firm & insurance as the school didn't put arrangements in place in time. BBB

2025 entry. Missed the Oxford deadline. Applied for Cambridge Foundation. Received an offer. Resat A levels. 2 x A star & B

Private exam centre didn't include course work. Trying to get B bumped up to A star. Won't update on her success. Cambridge Foundation offer achieved regardless.

Lots of indecision. Doesn't think Cambridge is exciting enough. Thinks a Foundation year is a waste of time. Fancied applying for all kinds of courses in clearing.

Now wants to actually submit an application to Oxford for 2026, as obviously that will go well. Oxford has never actually encountered her yet. She will have 2 gaps years to explain.

Thought it was Oxford first time, then did not do well enough in A levels, took a year for resits and didn’t apply for Oxbridge(missed deadline) but later found Cambridge Foundation and was offered/accepted a place there but after getting two A stars and a B (2024 coursework resubmission was not counted)is dithering and still hankering after Oxford, UCL, Manchester et al. Which she could still apply to for first year entry in 2026 while completing Foundation.

There is another thread , no progress on coursework issue.

Doing anything other than accepting the Cambridge offer, demeaning or not, is madness. If the grade goes up, it goes up, but the offer is achieved. And another year of this is not healthy.

It's really sad this person has turned down the Cambridge foundation year - what a great opportunity. A free year of education and training at Cambridge with the prospect of moving onto a full Cambridge degree, turned down for a second aimless gap year.

It's charged at the normal fee rate. But I agree.

Oh is it? The Oxford one is fully funded so I assumed the Cambridge equivalent was too.

No, Cambridge says theirs is fully funded - students get a scholarship to cover living costs and no course fee is charged: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/foundation-year

It's fully funded for both tuition & living costs

Sorry, you're right. Other institutions do charge, but I suppose they can afford not to to look good re WP. Which is fair enough. All the more reason to do it.

I have no idea why someone would turn that down in favour of an aimless gap year!

Ego and fear. Fear of actually doing something rather than just speculating about what they'd like and feel entitled to. I have some sympathy with the fear, but it can't go on for ever. There's a great opportunity on the table.

Anyway, back to the latest Q. @MO6 you would probaby find it very hard to adjust to a world of independent study and living having missed all of the induction activities. You will need to learn how to use the library, referencing expectations, how to submit your work, study support etc.

A new university place in October is unlikely to have university owned accommodation left, so you might not be able to get the precise type of accommodation which you would like. Any rooms still available might be free for a good reason, such as difficult flat mates or a poor location.

Oxford, Cambridge and other top universities will never have places in clearing. Oxbridge prefers to under fill places rather than lower the quality.

I know a few people who have joined courses through late clearly (though before course started). They were all mature students in their 40s or 50s applying to their local university who decided to make change of tack in life over the summer or to retrain following redundancy. Some were doing the course for fun after becoming empty nesters. A very different demographic to the usual student applicants.

It was more a case of applying late for a course with space, rather than trying to find something after having failed the usual recruitment round.

Has she definitely turned the Cambridge foundation year down though? She’s previously mentioned applying in parallel.

If so it’s really sad to see the self-sabotage from someone who’s had a difficult journey.

And to further prove my point:

Recently, Charlie Kirk was assassinated in USA. The new Oxford University President-elect was reported to have expressed joy at his death.

I searched up George Abaroyne’s LinkedIn profile. He is studying PPE at Oxford and got ABB in his A-levels yet he got in straight out of his A-levels, no need for a gap year; no need for a foundation year. This just isn’t fair!!

What do you have to say about this?

That you didn't apply. So can't have a place.

Hmm. Free school meals. Under represented background. Perhaps he didn't think a foundation year was beneath him and gave the right impression at interview, so they thought he would fit in well and had a lot of potential. Just saying.

If he had so much potential, why did he ABB?

How do you think you will cope with the tutorial system? Are you robust enough to gave your work and opinions criticised by your peer group & tutors every week?

He obviously has a lot going for him if he is the OU president to be

Because he didn't go to Eton, had free school meals and has potential as shown by his success story. He applied and demonstrated that in interview.

His grades are irrelevant, they wanted him so he got a place. You haven't even applied.