Sophie Chen

Articles by Sophie Chen

Sophie Chen

Sophie handles applications at UniSorted: course choice, personal statements, interviews, Results Day, Clearing. She has read enough personal statements to spot a chatbot opener at ten paces. The Clearing guides get rewritten every August because the timings shift every year. sophie@unisorted.co.uk

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Missed your grade by a mark? What a priority remark really gets you

If you opened the UCAS hub at eight this morning and you are a mark or two under the grade […]

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Clearing 2026: the subjects with hundreds of universities, and the ones with 26

People talk about Clearing as if it is one thing: a scramble on results morning for whatever places are left.

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Clearing 2026 by the numbers: what your actual chances are

Most results-day advice assumes rejection. The numbers say otherwise: 99% of on-time applicants hold an offer and 82% land their firm choice.

A student reading her exam results paper at a desk in a results-day room

OCR grade boundaries 2026: how they're set and what your mark needs

If you sat OCR papers this summer, here is the short version. OCR releases its 2026 grade boundaries at 8.00am

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AQA grade boundaries 2026: how they're set and what your mark needs

If you sat AQA papers this summer, here is the short version. AQA releases its 2026 grade boundaries on results

A student looking over their exam results, weighing whether a missed grade is worth a remark

A-level grade boundaries 2026: how they're set, why they move, and what your raw mark really needs to be

A grade boundary is the raw mark you need for each grade, and it is not set until after your

Student sitting on a university lawn researching Clearing courses on a laptop before results day

Clearing Opens 2 July 2026: Should You Use It Before Results Day?

Clearing opens weeks before results day. Who can use it early, who should wait, and exactly what to do in the quiet window before A-level results.

A smiling college student in a corridor holding their papers on results day

BTEC Results Day 2026: Your Results, Grades and Clearing Explained

BTEC Level 3 results land 13 August 2026, the same day as A-levels. What happens on the day, how your grades become a place, and how Clearing works for BTEC students.