QUOTE(strategist @ Jul 12 2011, 07:54 PM)
Guys is it possible to reject a firm choice in order to go to your insurance university?
Added on July 12, 2011, 7:58 pmOr rather, is it possible to get a unconditional offer after your A-Levels results is released from your insurance university instead of your firm university in order to apply for scholarship? For instance if I hope to secure a scholarship with an unconditional offer from Imperial College but it is definitely not my first choice. So should I put it as my firm in this case?
You cannot reject your firm choice unless, under exceptional circumstances, the university itself (which is your firm) agrees and contacts UCAS, and the other university (your insurance) also agrees. The normal process that occurs when you reject your firm choice is that you are no longer entitled to any of your remaining 4 (or lone insurance) choices.
When your A Level results are released, you can get unconditional offers (either automatically or by request) for any or all of your choices, even if decisions have already been made. However this would have to be done before you selected your firm and/or insurance because obviously there cannot be an insurance choice when your firm is unconditional, and when you make your decision, only 1 or 2 options remain live.
In your situation you can get an unconditional from Imperial, but it would probably not help you attain a scholarship. In fact, were the scholarship administrators to see this, you would likely be denied it. The scholarship administration hardly cares if you "got into Imperial" if your intention is to go somewhere else, but they just might be shallow or naive enough to assume you may not get your first choice, and/or that Imperial is the better choice.