Replying to offers of a place at University  

Replying to offers

When all your choices have decided whether or not to offer you a place, UCAS will send you a ‘Replying to Offers letter and leaflet’. You can reply to offers using Track at www.ucas.com, which is the quickest and most reliable way of replying.

You must reply to each offer in one of the following ways.

• Firm acceptance (F)
• Insurance acceptance (I)
• Decline (D)

You may not want to wait for all your choices to make their decisions. You should think carefully before you decide which offers to accept because once you accept an offer, including an insurance offer, you are committed to that course. You should be happy that both the course and the college or university are right for you, because you will be spending the next three or four years there! It is recommended that you attend open day(s) or visit the university or college before you make your decision. You can delay your reply to UCAS until after your visit, as long as you reply by the date given in your Replying to Offers letter. If you change your mind after accepting an offer, you can still withdraw, but you will not be able to apply for other courses or go through Clearing in the same year. However, you can apply again in the next application cycle, that is, for 2008.

When to reply

You should send your reply to UCAS as soon as possible after you receive your Replying to Offers letter. UCAS must receive your reply at the very latest by the date printed on the letter. If you do not reply by that date, your offers will be withdrawn. The date on the letter is your individual reply date; it may be different from other people’s reply dates. If you have received some offers and you know which ones you want to accept, you do not have to wait for the decisions from all your other choices. Log on to Track at www.ucas.com and cancel all the choices that you are still waiting to hear from. We will then send you a Replying to Offers letter.

Examples of ways you can accept offers

CF	Firmly accepted Conditional offer
CF + CI	Firmly accepted Conditional offer plus a Conditional offer that you have accepted as an Insurance
CF + UI	Firmly accepted Conditional offer plus an Unconditional offer that you have accepted as an Insurance
UF	Firmly accepted Unconditional offer. You cannot have an Insurance choice.

 

The date by which you must reply to your offers depends on when UCAS received the last decision from your choices of universities and colleges.

Last decision from the college or university	You must reply by 4.00pm BST on
31 March 2007	5 May 2007
9 May 2007	6 June 2007
17 June 2007	7 July 2007
20 July 2007	4 August 2007