This year, A-Level Results Day is on Thursday 18th August. Read our Step-by-Step Guide to Clearing and Adjustment
A long and well-deserved summer break is currently underway for thousands of students who have just completed their A-Level exams. Congratulations and celebrations are a must and now the wait for results day begins.
For many of you, when results day comes around you?ll have achieved your expected grades. So our main advice is to relax and enjoy your final summer before university life begins.
When results day does arrive, some of you may find that you?ve achieved better grades than expected or haven?t quite achieved what you were predicted. In either case there?s no need to worry – for both eventualities there is a solution and that solution is Clearing and Adjustment. Students at Brighton College, East Sussex, receive their A-level results
Guide to Clearing and Adjustment
If you achieve better than expected grades you can contact universities with a higher grade boundary to see whether they have spaces available. This process is known as Adjustment.
Clearing is an option for students who don?t achieve their predicted grades, as many universities (even the top 20) will have positions available even to those who miss out on achieving the entry requirements for their chosen course.
This guide from the University of Surrey will talk you through both processes and how you can prepare for either eventuality ? hopefully making it easier for you when you com...