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Applying For Courses

UCAS

UCAS is the Universities & Colleges Admissions Service through which most, but not all, Higher Education applications are made. The UCAS site is not only used to make your application to University, but is a great tool to use for information, advice and guidance for you (and your parents) to discover the wide range of Universities, courses, funding and further opportunities available beyond University.

Making an Application

The application is made online, beginning in May of the Lower Sixth year, and comprises the following steps.

  1. You provide personal and academic information about yourself such as past exam results and those you expect to get.
  2. You select courses (maximum of five) you want to apply to.
  3. You write and then upload a personal statement which explains why you are suitable for the course applied for.
  4. The school adds a reference and predicted grades to the application.
  5. The school checks your application and submits it to UCAS.

At this point your application is available to the admissions tutors of the courses you applied for and you have to wait for their decision.

Please note:

  1. Admissions tutors do not see the other courses which an applicant has applied to
  2. There is no priority or preferential order given to the choices at this stage

UCAS APPLY 2023

The first presentation on registering for a UCAS Hub and your personal statement is here.

The second presentation on beginning an application on UCAS is here.

The guide below takes you through filling in the UCAS form online. It is easy if you follow the instructions but there are innumerable options and it is important you get the right ones. The links below should help you fill in the form correctly.

The BUZZWORD which you will need once to register is STP2023

Things to do if you're still unsure and want to do some further research/planning:

Offer rate calculator

Not sure if you're likely to receive an offer from your chosen university?  Use the new tool created by UCAS to see what your chances are with your predicted grades:

www.ucas.com/advisers/offer-rate-calculator/

Receiving, accepting and rejecting offers.

Having considered your application, an admissions tutor may choose to offer you a place, reject your application or invite you for interview or for a less formal visit, or ask for further information.  This can happen within a number of days or it may take many months.

For advice on what to do next, refer to the pages about:

League tables

League tables should be used with care and caution.  

For more information, click HERE