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The UCAS Application Process
We recommend that ALL students register with Apply, even if you are not planning on going to university, as it provides you with an opportunity to gather all your personal data in one place. You cannot submit an application in error and the process will prompt you to think about your future. There is no cost to register; you only pay when you actually send your application. Where do I start? Registering.
- Go to www.ucas.com
- Click on “sign in for undergraduates”
- Click on “Apply for 201 8 courses”
- As a first time applicant for 201 8 you will need to “Register”
- Read through the information and click “next”
- Read through the Terms and Conditions and click the box to accept. You will not be able to click “next” until you have accepted.
- Complete the fields on the following pages using the drop down lists where applicable. After each page is complete click “next”. You can click on the question mark at any point to get help and information. 8. It is always recommended to use your school email address.
- You need to make decisions regarding vacancy and sales and marketing information
- this is entirely your choice. Click “next”
- Choose and confirm a password and security questions, click “next”. YOU ARE NOW GIVEN A USERNAME – KEEP THIS AND YOUR PASSWORD RECORDED SAFELY YOU WILL NEED THIS EVERY TIME YOU LOG IN! What now? Logging in.
- Click on the login page.
- ‘How are you applying?’ Click ‘Through my school’ and then “next”
- Use the BUZZWORD: Ashby1 8
- Confirm that you are applying through Ashby School; tick ‘ that is correct’.
- Select Tutor/Application Group, Leavers18 from the drop down menu. (Do not select ‘don’t know’ or ex-Ashby students). Click “next”
- You are now given your personal UCAS ID number which is essential/vital for communication with universities and UCAS. PLEASE NOTE IT DOWN. Further information boxes are available on this screen; they are worth a read through:
- You need to verify your email address using the verification code sent to you on the email address you supplied previously. Follow the onscreen instructions and click “next”.
YOUR PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION IS NOW COMPLETED. YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO
WORK ON YOUR APPLICATION USING THE MENU ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. START
BY CLICKING ON PERSONAL DETAILS.
HELP COMPLETING ‘APPLY’
1. Personal Details Section
Email Address Use your school email address Country of Birth Drop down menu – for most students this will be United Kingdom. Nationality Drop down menu - for the vast majority it will be UK National. Area of Permanent Residence County in which you live Residential Category A UK Citizen for the majority Reference Numbers
May be applicable to boarders and only if you have completed any of the tests
mentioned
Student Support Fee Code Drop down menu - Select ‘02 UK, Chl, loM, or EU student finances services’ DO NOT SELECT ‘PRIVATE FINANCE’ OR ‘DO NOT KNOW’. Student Support Arrangements The name of your Local Authority – the county to which your household pays Council Tax – not your postcode county.
Activities in preparation for Higher Education This is an opportunity for you to record summer schools, university workshops, even Open Days. The sponsor would be if the summer school or workshop was sponsored by an organisation e.g. Sutton Trust. Occupational background Applicants are asked to type the job title into a search box and will be presented with a list of job titles to select from. The more characters they type the easier it will be to find the job title they want. Tick box when complete and save.
3. Student Finance Section
Read the information. If you will, or think you will, be applying for student finance do you give permission for UCAS to share some of your details with the Students’ Loans Company. The recommendation is to say YES to all 3 questions. As a student you are NOT committed to receiving finance at this stage Tick box when complete and save.
4. Choices Section
You do not need to put your choice of course and university in order of preference They will appear on the form in alphabetical order. Universities only receive the part of your application form relevant to them, so will not know where else you will have applied. What if I want to defer entry until 20 19? Deferring means applying ‘now’ to start in 2019 Select deferred entry 20 19 from the drop down box. Point of Entry If you wish to start in the first year of the course, please leave the box blank , you will automatically be considered for the first year.
Enter 0 if you intend to take a foundation year e.g. Art Foundation – not all universities offer a foundation year so please check before applying. Tick box when complete and save.
5. Education Section
UCAS need to know any qualifications you have taken or are currently taking. Please answer the FIRST question and click ‘save’, then enter your education details. Use the prompting sheet given to correctly enter your data. STUDENTS MAKE MORE MISTAKES IN THIS SECTION THAN ANY OTHER! Please state the highest level of qualification you expect to have before you start your course. From the drop down menu pick ‘Below Honours Degree Level’. Where have you studied? You only need to put Ashby School, unless you joined us in the 6th^ Form. In which case you need to put your ‘GCSE School’ as well. Use the search facility for this, it will automatically pull through the address and centre number Date of joining Ashby School will be 201 4 if you joined us in Y10 and 201 6 if you joined us in Y12. Finish date will be July 2018 Attendance = full time Will you receive any qualification = yes Tick box when complete and save. Once you have entered your school, you can enter your qualifications. Click, add qualifications. The most common qualifications are already in a list. Click on GCSEs and find the exact subject description. You will need to know your exam board, date sat and grade achieved. You need to enter ALL GCSE courses. Put the correct date, most of you sat your GCSEs in May/June 201 6 For Science - Additional Science is in the drop down menu but Core is not listed so enter this in the ‘ other’ box (remember this may have been taken in 201 5 ). For Triple Science enter as above but remember to also add Further Additional Science.
o BTEC y13 - select BTEC Subsidiary Diploma Level 3, select course, or if not listed enter this in other box. Don’t enter module information – you will need to also enter a BTEC registration number, if you don’t know it then please ask in the 6th^ form office. Remember to include your Enrichment Subjects: EPQ goes under AS Section Tick box when complete and save.
6. Employment Section
Self-explanatory, include your part time and holiday jobs Tick box when complete and save.
7. Statement
This is a very important element of the application form. This is your chance to tell the admissions tutor why they should offer you a place. Approximately 2/3rds should be explaining what excites you about the course, and what you have done/or do, outside the curriculum, to demonstrate your passion for this subject; this will include wider reading, visits etc. Remember you only have 47 lines or 4000 characters (including spaces). The system will automatically put it into Verdana font type and size 10. Tick box and save on completion.
8. View all Details
This gives you the opportunity of checking and changing the information you have supplied. Tick box and save on completion.
9. Pay and Send
On completion you can pay and send. If using your parents/carers credit card you will need the details and permission (£24 for 5 choices, £13 for 1 choice). Please note when you ‘send’ you are sending it to the school UCAS administrator, Miss Hawksworth, who along with Miss McCafferty, have the responsibility of checking your details. We will email you if we need you to correct some of your details, so once you have paid and sent, check your emails Miss Hawksworth and Miss McCafferty are also responsible for attaching the school reference to your application. When this is done and all details are correct, the school then sends off the application to UCAS. Choosing Appropriate Courses Do your research. Attend Open Days. Use UCAS website (unistats) or Centigrade plus bestcourse4me.com. The Stamford Test via UCAS website, Careers interviews, as well as the wealth of information the Sixth Form Team can provide you with should help to prepare you for making decisions. Ensure you know your predicted UCAS grades, so you can make realistic, informed selections. Check out the Course Entry Profiles and make certain you enter yourself for any necessary additional admissions tests. It is vital that your predicted grades will match or be higher than entry requirements for the degree you apply for. The Personal Statement and UCAS Reference You will be provided with lots of information and advice to help you produce a personal statement of quality. The A5 booklet ‘Writing the UCAS Personal Statement’ is a great start – as is ‘Stop Thinking, Start Writing – The Personal Statement Writing Guide’. These are available in the Sixth Form Office. Also available will be actual examples of Personal Statements for over 30 different degree courses. PLEASE USE ALL THE RESOURCES. The process starts this term. Even if you don’t know what degree course you wish to follow you can start thinking and jotting down pieces of information that might be included e.g. Personal skills, achievements, things you do in and out of school, which reflect you as a person, see ‘Writing the UCAS Personal Statement’ booklet. In the meantime start thinking about possible degree courses and what can you do between now and applying to demonstrate a great love/passion for that subject area, which will then
This is one of the most important decisions you are likely to make, so research your options thoroughly. Good Luck SAMPLE EDUCATION SECTION: PLEASE FOLLOW THIS PLAN AND INCLUDE THE DATES GIVEN AND THE RELEVANT EXAM BOARD (Correct at time of printing but please check your exam certificates for precise details.)*
Education
Ashby School (25100, 08/2014 - 07/2018, FT) Warning: as you have entered a finish date which is in the future, these details must be for the school or college you are currently attending. BTEC Award Sport and Active Leisure Pass 06/2016 Edexcel 2 BTEC Certificate (QCF) Travel and Tourism Dist 05/2017 Edexcel 3 BTEC Subsidiary Diploma (QCF) Travel and Tourism 05/2018 Edexcel 3 GCE Advanced Level French 05/2018 WJEC Mathematics 05/2018 OCR GCE Advanced Subsidiary Mathematics 05/2018 OCR Chemistry A 05/2017 AQA Mathematics B 05/2017 OCR
GCSE (Grade: A-G) Additional Science A 07/2016 AQA Design & Technology: Graphic Products A 07/2016 AQA English B 07/2016 AQA English Literature B 07/2016 AQA French A 07/2016 Edexcel Geography A 07/2016 Edexcel Mathematics A 07/2016 AQA Core Science A 07/2015 AQA BTEC Registration Number b Please state the highest level of qualification you expect to have before you start your course Below honours degree level qualifications GCSE Exam boards at Ashby School:
Art - AQA
Business - Pearson
Design - AQA
Engineering - AQA
English - AQA
English Literature - AQA
French - Pearson
Geography - Pearson
German - Pearson
History - Pearson
Mathematics - AQA
Music - Pearson
Music Tech (BTEC)
PE - AQA
Psychology - AQA
RS - OCR
Science - AQA
Sport (BTEC)
