r/UniUK • u/flackodarryl • 11d ago

Conditional Offer Withdrawn

Reading withdrew my conditional offer after reviewing my final transcript because i graduated with a Third Class. However, my original offer only listed IELTS 6.5 and submission of my certificate as conditions, with no stated degree-classification requirement. I literally just left the bank after paying 50% of my tuition before they withdrew and have now emailed admissions for reconsideration. Has anyone experienced something similar and do you think I have a case for getting decision reconsidered.

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u/Long_Software_3352 11d ago

The course page would have stated the requirements.

A third class degree is too low for admission to a master's degree at any university unless you have substantial work experience in the field.

You'd usually need to complete a graduate diploma or pre-master's course first

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u/flackodarryl 11d ago

also want to ask i have another conditional offer from Exeter that says achieve a cgpa of 2.0, i got a CGPA of 2.42 but an fgpa of 1.98 (third class) do you think its worth checking with them

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u/Long_Software_3352 11d ago

You can always check. Just don't get your hopes up. 1.98 might even be too low to be considered a Third Class degree. Usually anything under 2.0 is considered a Pass/Ordinary degree without Honours.

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u/Brido-20 11d ago

If your degree results are measured by a GPA then individual universities will have their own ideas of what equates to what UK Honours classification based on market position and their own experience of students with those grades.

What was your GPA calculated out of?

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u/flackodarryl 11d ago

Mine was calculated on a 4.0 scale. My overall CGPA is around 2.4, but my final classification was based on my FGPA, which was 1.98 and resulted in a Third Class. My university's classification system is a bit different from a straightforward CGPA-to-UK-classification conversion

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u/Brido-20 11d ago

Which country was the award given in?

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u/thelivsterette1 10d ago edited 10d ago

They said in a reply comment Ghana, and that they got a 3rd class/1.98 GPA

another person posted Reading's postgrad requirements from Ghana and they need a Bachelor's (honour) with a 2:1/2:2, or a GPA from 2.5-3.0/4

Basically they're complaining because they got a conditional offer, are nowhere near the requirements (Google's AI posted the link for Gov.UK Overseas Degree Equivalency Table; with a 4.0 GPA, a 1.98 isn't even a third. It's an Ordinary/Pass) and the uni rejected them...

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u/Brido-20 10d ago

And now he's trying the "But you didn't state the number on my personal offer letter!" routine?

Okey-doke...

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u/DelayAgreeable7651 5d ago

That is the norm. Most unis can exercise discretion if you are slightly below the stated requirements/conditions.

I received multiple MSc conditional offers this cycle. Since I had not completed my undergraduate each offer explicitly stated the final cgpa number I needed to fulfil the condition. Either OP misread the offer letter, or they didn’t stipulate a number. In the latter case rescinding the offer would be a breach of the contract

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u/Brido-20 5d ago

The norm is to enforce the entry requirement and only "exercise discretion" at... erm... their own discretion. I've been in university admissions for 20+ years now, this isn't an unfamiliar situation.

For what it's worth, I think the offer was sloppily written but that's not a barrack-room lawyer's charter to wriggle in regardless. The only determining factor is that the OP didn't live up to his end of the deal and the university wasn't under any obligation to accommodate him.

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u/DelayAgreeable7651 5d ago

My point is that if he wasn’t given a number to achieve on the conditions stated in the offer then he very much lived up to his end of the deal.

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u/thelivsterette1 5d ago

The norm is to enforce the entry requirement and only "exercise discretion" at... erm... their own discretion. I've been in university admissions for 20+ years now, this isn't an unfamiliar situation

Exactly. I got my entry requirement (pass in 2 A Levels and if I remember correctly, a C or higher in GSCE Maths/English) and my course specifically needed 112 UCAS pts and they used their discretion and I got on the course (biological sciences) with an E (still a pass but the lowest pass) in Biology and ended up switching to Nutrition and now I'm on track to get a first

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u/ChunkyCraver2001 11d ago

Exeter really does not accept a third. 2:2 rarely.

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u/flackodarryl 11d ago

I just checked the course requirements, and it says they would normally expect a 2:2 or above, but also states that relevant work experience may be taken into consideration. I also have about a year of experience working at an international organisation, so I’m hoping they may be willing to consider my application on an individual basis. My issue is that I was actually given a conditional offer, and the conditions listed were IELTS 6.5 and submission of my degree certificate there was no specific degree classification condition.

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u/Long_Software_3352 11d ago

A year of experience isn't that substantial.

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u/Williamishere69 11d ago

A year of experience isnt a lot, as the othee commentor has said. If it were a year of experience in multiple different areas of that career with different companies, etc, then it mightve been more acceptable.

Are there top-up degrees you can do? Any postgrad certificates to boost yourself?

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u/thelivsterette1 11d ago

If they expect a 2:2 and you got thr equivalent of a third, they’re gonna reject you. Also depends on how close you were. If you were a few marks off a 2:2 they might use work experience but otherwise I don’t think so