Can you differ a place at a U and accept a different one

[Unichoice9]

Hi

Just wondering how the University application works. Say DC doesn’t get accepted in first choice university but gets accepted in second choice. Could they accept the place, differ one year and try again following year for first choice U; or one they secured a place that’s it and the application stops?

Will it be better apply only for their favourite course/university and if they don’t get accepted, take a gap year, try again and put more choices in second year application.

Hope this makes sense

TIA

@Unichoice9 What course and uni is your DC aiming for?

I’m confused as to why they would only apply for one choice?

The idea that Trinity would turn down a bright woman for being too pretty is hilarious.

But you can also decline places on results day even if you meet the offer. Bear in mind some degree subjects especially in STEM prefer no gap years or break in study.

Design Engineering at IC.

Is your worry that he’ll hold an insurance place, decline it to reapply to Imperial and that the insurance university will hold that against him and not re-offer?

Yes

Which is the insurance university? A lot of the time when people have this concern in reality they would always get another offer from the insurance place.

It goes both ways

Hi, OP -

Most units of admission at Imperial do not accept resits, barring valid Mitigating Circumstances. Many STEM programmes discourage gap years. Between one and the other I am struggling to see why DD would have a better chance at Imperial on a second go, even with all A stars in hand.

There's time now to do extra work to 'demonstrate passion'. My DD only decided after results day to apply for an academic subject (she was going to do Animation) so had to start pretty much from scratch. She's going to Durham later this year.