The Adjustment period

Each year some applicants pass their exams with better results than expected. And this may mean that some will have not only met the conditions of their firm choice, but will also have exceeded them.

 

Adjustment has been introduced for these applicants – it provides an opportunity for them to reconsider where and what to study.

 

If applicants want to use Adjustment, they will need to register on Track. The option to register will be displayed for all applicants whose place has been confirmed (status has changed from conditional firm (CF) to unconditional firm (UF)). However, only those applicants who have met

and exceeded their original CF offer are eligible. It will be up to the universities and colleges to verify this.

 

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF ADJUSTMENT

 

• It is optional.


• The Adjustment period runs from 19 August and ends on 2 September.


• An applicant has five calendar days to use Adjustment, from the later of 19 August or the day they go CF to UF.


• It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact a university or college to discuss an Adjustment place.


• To secure an Adjustment place the applicant must have received an alternative offer through UCAS before the five day period ends.


• If an applicant does not receive an alternative place they will remain accepted at their current university or college.


• Single entry applicants will need to pay an additional application fee of £10 to use Adjustment.

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

Only those applicants who have met and exceeded their original CF offerare eligible to use Adjustment.

 

Applicants are not eligible to use Adjustment if:

 

• they are confirmed (UF) at their firm choice but did not exceed the conditions of the offer


• they have a confirmed place on a changed course offer


• their original offer was unconditional.

 

Applicants cannot adjust their insurance choice.

 

THE ADJUSTMENT PERIOD

 

The Adjustment process is available from A level results day (19 August 2010) until 2 September 2010. An applicant’s individual Adjustment period starts when their conditional firm (CF) choice changes to unconditional firm (UF). From this time they have five calendar days (five 24 hour periods) to register and secure an alternative course, if they decide this is what they want to do.

 

An applicant’s Track ‘choices’ page shows when their Adjustment period ends. If they become eligible to use Adjustment less than five calendar days before 2 September, they have the remaining time before then to find an alternative place. For example, if they become UF on 31 August, they will have three days to use the process.