If you’ve applied for university or a college through UCAS, there’s a few different things that could happen, depending on your results:
If you’ve got the results you needed to be accepted by your ‘firm choice,’ you’ll get a confirmation in the post from UCAS. This letter means you’ve officially got the place you wanted and will tell you if there’s anything else you need to do. You’ll receive more info from the uni or college later on.
If you’ve got higher grades than you needed for your firm choice, you’ll still get a letter, but you might be able apply through Adjustment for another course or university if you want to (though you can stick with your original choice). Adjustment is available from 19 August and more information on how it works is available on the UCAS website here.
If you’ve not got what you needed for the place you wanted, the university or college might still want to offer you a place, but it might be a different offer, like a different course or start date. This is called a Changed Course Offer and more information on what to do is available on the UCAS website here.
If you don’t get what you need for your firm choice, or a ‘changed course offer’ but you do meet the conditions for your Insurance Choice this will be confirmed in the post by UCAS and will mean you’ve definitely got a place. This letter will also tell you if there’s anything you need to do.
If you haven’t got what you need for any of your choices, and you’ve not received any other offers you’ll be automatically entered into Clearing. Clearing is a system to help you find course vacancies and apply for them. The service is available now and more information is available from UCAS here.
If you’ve not applied through UCAS, there’s still lots of options open to you if you want to continue with your studies. A good place to look for courses is the Careers Scotland website where you can search for courses by subject, area and level, and you can get more advice and information on what skills you need for the job you want.