Applicant statistics

15 September 2009

Applicant statistics 15 September 2009
 

2009

2008

Applicants accepted (1)

    

- having unconditional or confirmed
  conditional offers

420,892

393,471

- having found a place in Clearing

41,021

32,350

- having been placed using Adjustment

394

0

Total number of accepted applicants

462,307

425,821

Applicants with a non-Clearing outcome pending
- decision from institution or applicant reply

18,304

22,916

Applicants currently eligible for Clearing
- no offers, conditions not met, applied very
  late

131,903

109,632

Applicants withdrawn from scheme (2)

11,772

10,980

Total number of applicants

624,286

569,349

Days from publication of GCE results

26

26

Comparison date (3)

15/09/09

09/09/08

Number of institutions within UCAS membership receiving applications

304

306

Notes

  1. Includes those deferring entry to the following year. (Applicants are counted in the year in which they apply, not the year in which they intend to begin their course.)

  2. Includes those withdrawn after accepting an offer.

  3. Comparisons with previous years are made relative to the publication of Advanced level results (20 August 2009 and 14 August 2008). For example, figures for Thursday 3 September 2009, fourteen days after this year's publication date, will be compared with those for Thursday 28 August 2008.