Conditional university acceptance

[Dalimil]

Hello,
I live outside the US and a university has made me a conditional offer, which means I am accepted, provided I do well in my secondary school tests in May. Can I still participate?

[Aidan Woodcraft]

This is of interest to me too, I live in the UK and am on a gap year before I go to university and hold an unconditional offer, which means I will definitely be going to university come October. Am I allowed to participate and does my letter of unconditional offer constitute as proof of enrolment in this case?

[Matthew Wilkes]

On 2015-03-14 22:58, Aidan Woodcraft wrote:
> This is of interest to me too, I live in the UK and am on a gap year
> before I go to university and hold an unconditional offer

Unconditional offers are university acceptance, no question. If you read
the FAQ you'll see that you have to be either enrolled or accepted onto
a course that meets the requirements. If you have an unconditional offer
then that's enough, you then have to look at the other requirements like
your age and if that course is accredited (although I believe all
courses through UCAS are).

A conditional offer is more tricky. I know people have argued that it's
an acceptance in the past, but I don't know if that argument was
accepted. You'll have to wait for someone to give an official answer on
that.

For any OSPO team reading this: A "conditional offer" is an acceptance
with the caveat of required exam results later in the year. Students
usually get up to half a dozen of these and pick two of them. When exam
results are published if you meet the conditions of the first choice you
definitely go there. If you don't meet those but meet the second then
the first choice university gets to decide if you go to the first or
second. If you don't meet either then either uni can choose to let you
in anyway, but if not you can re-apply on a vastly shortened timescale
through a process called "clearing". Almost all students get conditional
offers and it's considered being accepted to a course here.

Cheers,

Matt

[Carol Smith]

Hi there, 

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Dalimil <dalimi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,
I live outside the US and a university has made me a conditional offer, which means I am accepted, provided I do well in my secondary school tests in May. Can I still participate?

Will an accredited university attest in a legal document that you are an accepted or enrolled student on 27 April, 2015?  If so, and you meet the other eligibility requirements of the program, you are welcome to apply.

Thanks,
Carol