In the worst case scenario, all of your wishes could be refused if you have only applied for selective training... how to react and bounce back: our advice.
In the event that you have applied only for selective training (BTS, preparation, schools...) - which is not recommended - some high school students or students in reorientation risk being 100% refused during the application phase. admission with NO answers and as an explanation: "The vows examination committee did not retain your file".
The general university licenses, they cannot refuse a candidate out of hand, they offer you at worst a waiting list or a "Yes if".
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Contact the Parcoursup commission directly
The Parcoursup teams can help you find a plan B, a specialized commission is being set up this week in each rectorate: by making you alternative proposals based on your text "My preference".
But it will not take up problematic cases itself.
High school students will have to make the request, by email (via the Parcoursup site) - do not wait to be contacted.
Move towards off-course training
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
To avoid expecting everything from Parcoursup, which is only an intermediary facilitator... directly contact schools / training courses that do not work via Parcoursup for their registrations.
They are less and less but there are some, and also directly contact the training courses that refused you to better understand the refusal and the alternatives they could offer... you never know.
Training outside Parcoursup: register directly with schools
Additional procedure from June 23
You will also be able to apply again on your own for other training courses from June 23 via the opening of the additional procedure phase of Parcoursup, to formulate again 10 orientation wishes in the training courses where there will still be places available.
This new phase makes it possible to start from scratch with courses that still have space available.
On the other hand, at the very end of the assignment process, on September 16, the young people who remained on the waiting list will end up receiving a “no” from the universities.
A worst-case scenario that the government wishes to avoid at all costs.
“The instruction was repeated to us last week, says a high school principal: no student on the floor at the start of the school year!
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More information on the additional procedure and Parcoursup access commission
Another plan B for next year: abroad
A year to learn a foreign language, enrich your CV with an extraordinary experience... studies abroad are of course outside Parcoursup.
However, higher costs must be expected: housing, school, etc., but this solution has many advantages too!
See our article on Canada's strengths
Going abroad after the baccalaureate: a gap year to better orient yourself
The Parcoursup 2022 step-by-step guide
Parcoursup: the 3 stages and key dates of the 2022 calendar
Added training, specialty notes... the new Parcoursup 2022
Admission phase / responses to wishes: June 2 to July 15
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Parcoursup: waiting list and call list, what is the difference?
Parcoursup: what to do if you only have refusals?
Answers to the most asked questions about the answer phase
Download the Parcoursup application to be alerted in real time
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Parcoursup: how are students selected at the university?
For whom is the additional procedure and the access commission intended?
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