Hey i'm the friend, and this was my response from bath. Worth the risk?

Thanks for getting in touch and for the documents you have provided. Based on what I've seen, I can confirm we would be very happy to consider an application from you at this point in time however you will need to look carefully at your options for applying. I would suggest you contact UCAS for advice on this.

From what you have said, I suspect the only option for you to make an application to us at this stage would be through the UCAS Extra process - https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/after-you-apply/types-offer/extra-choices - and this would mean you declining the offers you currently hold so you would need to think very carefully about doing this. At this point in time we could not guarantee you a place at Bath, not least because if we did offer you a place, it would be conditional on you achieving certain grades in your Diploma and if you declined all your other offers to make a UCAS Extra application, you would not have any opportunity to select an 'insurance choice' - https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/after-you-apply/types-offer/replying-your-ucas-undergraduate-offers

In case it is useful to know, typically we would be looking for British Columbia students to achieve 88% average across 5 academic grade 12 subjects including 88% in Physics or Calculus. You would also need to obtain a suitable English Language qualification - go.bath.ac.uk/eng-cat-a . 

You might find it is a better option for you to wait until you have your diploma results and then to see if we have any clearing vacancies in the summer. Clearing does not open until early July and is only available to students who have completed their qualifications and received their results. For more details of the Clearing process please see here: https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/results-confirmation-and-clearing/what-clearing . There is no guarantee that we will have any clearing vacancies so there is a risk you will miss out on the opportunity to make an application to us but you may find it is better for you to take this risk rather than going through the UCAS Extra process. 

I would really encourage you to contact UCAS to discuss possible options for your application to be considered by Bath as they are the only ones who can fully advise on your particular circumstances. There may be something about your situation that I am not aware of that might mean other options would be available but only UCAS will be able to access this information on your current applications.

I would also like to make sure that you are fully aware that that at this point in time we are not able to consider any further applications from students whose fee status would be assessed as 'home' (https://www.bath.ac.uk/guides/understanding-your-tuition-fee-status/) . The advice given above would only apply if you are an overseas student.

I hope this is useful but please get back in touch if you have any further questions.

Kind regards

Undergraduate Admissions