Use our Adjustment service to find alternative courses
Adjustment is a chance for you to reconsider where and what to study. If you've had a firm conditional choice accepted – and therefore made into an unconditional firm choice – you could potentially swap your place for one on another course you prefer.
- Adjustment is available 15–31 August. You only have five 24 hour periods (including weekends) within this time to use it, starting from when your conditional firm (CF) offer changes to unconditional firm (UF), or on A level publication day – whichever is the latter. If your offer goes UF less than five days before 31 August you'll only have whatever time is left between then and 31 August.
- You'll see the option to register in Track. Your original UF choice will be safe while you're looking for another – you'll only lose it if you confirm you'd like to go elsewhere and the new university/college adds themselves to your application.
- If you try Adjustment but you don't find anything you'll still keep the course you gained on results day.
It's entirely optional. And a lot of competitive courses will be full, but other applicants might have missed their conditions or swapped a course too, so it could be worth seeing what's available.
How Adjustment works
You register for Adjustment in Track. If originally you only applied for one course (for the reduced fee of £12) you'll have to pay the additional £11 to be able to apply to multiple courses.
1. Ask for advice
Talk to an adviser at your school, college, centre or careers office – they can help you decide if Adjustment is a good idea for you.
2. Register
Click Register for Adjustment on the choices screen in Track – remember you need to have met and exceeded the conditions of your firm offer – check out examples of how this works below.
|
Offer |
Meeting and exceeding your offer |
Not meeting and exceeding your offer |
|---|---|---|
|
A level BBB |
A level ABB |
A level BBC or A level BBBB |
|
240 Tariff points including C in French |
240 Tariff points including B in French |
280 Tariff points including D in French |
|
SQA Higher BCC |
SQA Higher ABC |
SQA Higher ACD |
3. Talk to any unis or colleges you're interested in
There's no vacancy list for Adjustment – you'll need to check course details using the search tool and contact admissions offices at unis and colleges to talk about any possible vacancies.
- Tell them you're applying through Adjustment and give them your Personal ID number. (Though they won't be able to see your application unless you've registered.)
- They'll check you've met and exceeded your conditions (remember if you contact them on results day there could be a short delay while your application is updated).
- Talk to them about course vacancies, but be careful to confirm that you're just gathering information at this stage – only verbally agree an offer with a university or college if you're absolutely sure you want it.
4. See if there's an offer you want to accept
- If a uni or college offers you a place on the phone you just need to let them know if you'd like to accept it. Remember you can only have one Adjustment offer, and it's the university or college that will add themselves to your application.
- Only verbally accept one offer, and make sure it's the right one!
- If they're happy to accept you your Track screen will be updated with the new choice and we'll send you a confirmation letter.
- If not then you can keep on looking, or once your Adjustment time limit is up you'll just keep your original place.
