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Given the extent of some candidates differences and the impact to their life (denied entrance to offered Uni courses for that year) there’s some very serious outrage. If you were part of good class in a school with a poor record, then you’re stuffed. It’s a unprecedented situation and the only guide that you have are teacher grades.

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>Given the extent of some candidates differences and the impact to their life (denied entrance to offered Uni courses for that year) there’s some very serious outrage.

It's not as bad as you might think. A large number of students are rejecting their offers with the intention of re-applying in 2021 and there has been a substantial reduction in the number of foreign students, so there are an unprecedented number of surplus places available through clearing. Even if your grades are substantially worse than you might have hoped, your chances of getting a place on a decent course are very good.

Doesn't that make next year even worse, as we'll have 1.5x applicants for the same seats?

That depends very much on whether foreign student enrolment rebounds.

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