(2013 entry)
Once we have reached a final decision on your application, we will notify UCAS and they will, in turn, send formal confirmation on to you. If your application is successful, you will receive one of two types of offer.
If you are currently studying towards academic qualifications (eg A levels), you will normally receive an offer conditional upon you achieving certain results in those qualifications before we can confirm your place.
If you already have your qualifications, any offer would normally be unconditional (although we may ask you to send in copies of declared qualifications in order to verify them). You will be able to monitor the progress of your application, and see whether we have been able to offer a place, via the online UCAS Track service.
Once you have received final decisions from all the institutions you have applied to, UCAS will send you a final notification of your decisions and ask you to decide which (if any) of your offers you want to accept. You are allowed to make a first (firm) choice and, if you wish, a second choice as ‘insurance’. Once you have reached your decision, you will be able to use UCAS Track to notify UCAS of your decision.
There is no UCAS mechanism for changing a firm acceptance once it has been made, so you should consider carefully before deciding which offer to accept, and which (if any) to keep as an insurance choice. To help you in your decision, we aim to invite all applicants who apply by 15 January, and who receive an offer, to visit the University on an Admissions Day. Admissions Days give you the chance to see the University, meet current students and staff, discuss your chosen degree course in more detail and decide finally whether you would like to study at Sussex. Whatever you decide about the offers you receive, you must reply to UCAS by their specified deadline (otherwise UCAS may decline your offer for you by default).