RO Recognition Guide Cohort 2017

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Additional consideration
As an RO student your application will receive
additional consideration when you apply to
the University of Bristol, through UCAS. This is
dependent on you meeting all other admissions
criteria.
Alternative offers
For the majority of courses RO students will
receive a ‘guaranteed offer’. This means RO
students with predicted grades up to 2 A
level grades lower than the standard course
requirements will be guaranteed an offer, as long
as they meet all other admissions criteria (see the
University of Bristol prospectus for further details).
Any specific grade requirements for A level
subjects must be met (at the level required for the
‘contextual offer’ as seen in the prospectus). For
language courses, at least a B grade at A level is
needed for the required languages specified in
the prospectus.
If you receive an offer from the University of
Bristol, you will receive a dual offer consisting of:
A standard offer for the course for which you
are applying. (This may be Bristol’s ‘contextual
offer’, which is usually one A level grade lower
than the standard offer, given to students
from ‘low performing’ schools/colleges – see
prospectus for further details).
AND
An RO offer of
— up to 2 A level grades lower than the
standard offer.
— up to 4 IB points below the standard
offer for those taking the International
Baccalaureate.
— if an RO offer for BTEC National Diploma
students is made, it will be for 1 grade
reduction in 1 area.
The RO offer will only be valid upon successful
completion of the RO Programme.
Although RO applicants for the Medicine (A100),
Dentistry (A206) and Veterinary Science (D100)
courses are eligible for additional consideration
and the 2 grade lower RO offer; they will
not be guaranteed an interview. All offers for
these courses will require an A grade in A level
Chemistry.
Course exemptions
Applicants for Veterinary Nursing and
Bioveterinary Science (DC37) are eligible for a
guaranteed offer, but there is no grade reduction.
Alternative RO offers will not be made for Gateway
to Medicine (A108), Gateway to Dentistry (A208)
or Gateway to Veterinary Science (D108).
For further information
For more information on the range of courses
available and typical entry requirements please
visit Remember that
it is important that you check the individual
requirements for the course you are interested in
and what this means for you.
University of Bristol
Realising Opportunities
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