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UCAS Apply 2018
A Guide to applying through UCAS
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The Aims of the UCAS Program
1. To apply for a University course or apprenticeship.
2. To write an academic personal statement which you can send to
potential employers.
3. To have an academic reference written about you which you can
then use in any application process.
4. To start your decision making on your future education and
employment.
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UCAS Apply 2018
Before you begin:
• Make sure you have a sensible email address, this can be your
school email.
• Your Buzzword is dukeofyorks2018
• You must register before you log in
• Applicant ID’s and usernames are generated by UCAS and should
be used in all correspondents
• Make sure you pick a memorable password
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UCAS Apply 2018
The Application
• It will cost £24 to apply to up to five Universities. This will be put on
your school bill.
• You will write a personal statement of 4000 characters and Miss
Couves along with your teachers and tutor will write an academic
reference.
• The deadline for most courses is January 2018 but some courses
such as medicine have an earlier deadline of October 2017.
• Some Universities may require you to sit an entry exam. Make
sure you study for this and organise yourself well in advance.
• Apprenticeships have different deadlines
• UCAS has a search tool you can use to research courses.
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UCAS Tariff
Some Universities will give offers based on points
and others will give offers based on specific grades.
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Btec
Points
D*D*
112
D*D
104
DD
96
DM
80
MM
68
MP
48
PP
32
Time Line
Summer term
2017
Summer 2017
• Register with
UCAS
• Enter personal
details
• Start research on
courses
• Visit
Universities/work
experience
• Write your
personal
statement
SeptemberNovember
2017
January-May
2018
• Finish application
• Open Days
• Reference is
written
• Offers of places
received and
choices made
• Apply for Student
Finance
Internal Deadline for Medicine/Oxbridge = 1st October
Internal Deadline for all other courses = 10th December
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Summer 2018
• Results Day
places are
finalised
Personal Statement
Universities will not interview the majority of candidates so your personal statement
is the only chance you get to impress them.
It can not be longer than 4000 characters or 47 lines. You will need to do multiple
drafts so start as soon as possible. Your tutor can help you.
Typical layout:
Paragraph 1- Why you want to study the course (make it unique and believable).
Paragraph 2- Your academics and how they have prepared you for University.
Paragraph 3- Extra curricular activities, responsibilities within school.
Paragraph 4- Work experience and outside interests.
Paragraph 5- Your future goals and closing comment (make it memorable).
About a third of the statement should be about your academics.
All statements will be scanned for plagiarism by UCAS!
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Helpful Links
www.ucas.com
www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk
www.unistats.direct.gov.uk
www.bestcourse4me.com
www.push.co.uk
www.gov.uk/student-finance/overview
www.getingofar.co.uk
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