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Bluecoat Academy UCAS Evening 2019
Welcome
UCAS Evening 2019 – What to expect…
The Application Process, Competitive Admissions and
Receiving Offers:
Sarah Bromley – UCAS and Student Progression Coordinator
Unifrog and the Personal Statement
Alaina Wood- Deputy Head of Sixth Form
Carolyn Riley – Year Leader
Student Finance
Alex Holland-Leavens – Nottingham Trent University Outreach
Team
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Mrs Bromley
The role of UCAS
UCAS operate on behalf of all full-time
higher education (HE) courses at member
institutions
Undergraduate Degree
Foundation Degree
HND / HNC
Certificate/Diploma of Higher Education
Unistats website
UCAS Connect
Research – Additional sources
▪ Publications
▪ Institution Open Days
▪ Taster Courses
▪ Subject specific events
▪ Career fairs
▪ Unifrog
Key features of the UCAS scheme
Application is online
1 Choice - £20 2-5 Choices - £25
Maximum of 5 choices
Some choice restrictions:
Medicine, Veterinary, Dentistry – max 4
Simultaneous consideration
‘Invisibility’
5 Choices
1 x aspirational choice, 1 or at most 2 grades above your
predicted grades
3 x courses at your predicted grades
1 x course below your predicted grades. An ‘insurance’
choice in case things don’t go to plan.
Entry requirements
2 different ways of asking for grades
1. Points e.g. 120 UCAS points. This may in some cases
include points gained form AS qualifications.
2. Straight grades e.g. BBB. Some may additionally request
grades from particular subjects.
Extended
Project
Qualification
GCE & VCE AS
levels
GCE & VCE A
levels
Tariff BTEC (QCF)
Extended
Diploma
BTEC (QCF)
Diploma
BTEC (QCF)
Subsidiary
Diploma
BTEC (QCF)
Certificate
168 D*D*D*
160 D*D*D
152 D*DD
144 DDD
128 DDM
112 DMM D*D*
104 D*D
96 MMM DD
80 MMP DM
64 MPP MM
A* 56 D*
A 48 PPP MP D
B 40
C 32 PP M
A* 28 D*
A D 24 D
B A 20
C B E 16 P M
D C 12
D 10
E 8 P
E 6
UCAS points tariff
The UCAS application
Apply 2019 Video
https://www.ucas.com/undergradua
te/applying-university/filling-your-
ucas-undergraduate-application
Making a UCAS application
Every applicant has five sections to complete:
Personal details
Choices
Education
Employment
Personal statement
Forward to tutor:
Reference
UCAS
Universities / colleges
UNIFROG AND THE PERSONAL
STATEMENT
Miss Riley and Ms Wood
What do these numbers signify?
3 years of study minimum
£21,000k at least in fees
37,193 courses available
372 institutions to select from
5 courses to choose
Which subject?
Which course?
Which University?
Key questions
Selecting a subject to study
https://www.prospects.ac.uk
www.totalprofessions.com
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/home
List aspects of your courses that you find interesting
Plan relevant work experience
Engage with extra curricular opportunities i.e. NCS and Careers Inspiration workshop
– keep up to date with google classroom
Unifrog
Subjects library
MOOCs (also available at www.futurelearn.com)
Selecting a course/university
Read prospectuses and university websites
Read information on UCAS search tool
Attend Open Days
https://unistats.ac.uk/
Refer to League Tables
Run a shortlist on Unifrog using rank/filter
A Guide to Writing Your Personal Statement
Key to writing personal statements
It is a process - likely to require several rewrites
Takes time – start early
Short (47 lines or 4000 characters)
– Clarity, concision, precision
– Well written
– Structured
– No errors in punctuation, spelling and grammar
– Strong opening and closing
Write in a unifrog then paste into Apply
– Spell check, grammar check
Get others to read and advise
Polish – it needs to be close to flawless
How do I show…?
Passion
Willingness to commit
Enthusiasm
Motivation
Super-curricular engagement
Developed skills and knowledge prior to application
Newspapers and news websites
The Times
I
Nottingham Post
Specialist periodicals and magazines
Business/Economics/Politics/Biological
Sciences/Chemistry/Physics/RS/PE/Sociology/Law/History/Geograph
y/Psychology/English Review
The Economist/Aesthetica/Journal of Photography/New
Scientist/Chez Nous
Sample reading lists
Further reading by subject in the library
Online resource banks
HE+/Bright Knowledge/ Staircase 12
Don’t just read – experience
Podcasts(Warwick)/BBC iPlayer/4OD/Radio4/
Support…
IntoUniversity Personal Statement Workshop Tomorrow 2-3pm
Small group meetings – focus will now be on supporting students through
subject, course and university selection
Tutor Period Friday 5th July – IT room session given over to completing
initial section of the UCAS application form and starting work on ideas for
your personal statement
Summer holidays – Open days, research, early drafts of your personal
statement on Unifrog
September – 2 x tutor time sessions 1 x AOW 2 x small group meetings
until Christmas internal deadline 6 December (or until application complete)
Help for applicants
Introduction to Unifrog
Canadian universities
College/ Sixth Form
Oxbridge
Apprenticeships
European universities
Searching for opportunities
US universities
UK universities
Exploring pathways
Activities
Interactions
Competencies
Recording what you’ve done
CV / Resumé
Personal Statement
Teacher References Common App Essay
Drafting application materials
Post 16/18 Intentions
Applications list
Making applications
Locker
Careers library
Know-how library MOOC
Subjects library
The Unifrog tools
Asian universities Special Opportunities
UK Personal Statement
Competency confirmed
An easy way to structure and manage the development of
your best personal statement.
Clarity
A clear template as well as hints, tips and guidance.
Communication
You and your teachers work towards finalising your
statement, with all feedback, notes and comments easily
viewed and stored in one place.
The Benefits
From the
student
dashboard at
unifrog.org/stud
ent, click ‘Go to
tool’ on the UK
Personal
Statement
box.
At the top, you can see the university subject of which the student is writing the Statement for. This can be edited by clicking on the green text.
The tool splits the Personal Statement into three sections. Students can complete these in any order and come back to each section as many times as they like. Click on ‘Preview’ to see how the personal statement will look as one section. Students can also choose to write the personal statement in 1 box rather than 3 by clicking ‘Convert to one box here.’
At the top of each section you will see some prompts in green text. Each one expands to show an example. Students should not try to use these as templates; the entries need to be
personal to you.
Whatever is typed
it will be
automatically
saved within this
box until the
student is ready to
save it as a new
version.
Students can save
as many versions
as they like.
On the Personal Statement homepage students can see if a teacher has written any comments within the text or left feedback at the bottom. Hover over the speech bubble in the text to see the comment.
These comments and notes stay with that particular version of the personal statement.
Scroll to the bottom to see the character count and whether or not a teacher has marked it as finished.
Students can send the latest draft of their full Personal Statement to anyone by using this function at the bottom of the page.
You can download it here too.
Remember you can make as many Shortlists as you like, and can view them any time by clicking on the Shortlist button on the main dashboard.
COMPETITIVE ADMISSIONS
AND RECEIVING OFFERS
Mrs Bromley
Key dates and deadlines
• Mid June-July – start completing
applications online
• Early September –applications can be
submitted to UCAS
• 15 October – Oxford, Cambridge,
Veterinary, Medicine and Dentistry
courses deadline.
• 6th December- Internal deadline
• 15th January - main UCAS deadline
• 24 March – additional Art and Design
deadline
• 30 June – last date to submit
applications before clearing
27/06
/2019
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Early Entry Students
Students that are applying for a course in Medicine,
Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine or Oxbridge have a
deadline for applying of 15th October.
There will be specific personal statement and interview
support over the autumn term for these students.
Students are usually invited for interviews from December
onwards.
Medicine (and most vet and dentistry courses) request
either the UCAT or BMAT test. Registration is now open
for the UCAT test and students need to do this
themselves.
Oxbridge- admissions test or pre or at interview
assessments depending on the course.
How do Universities make their decisions?
Qualifications
Past, present and future
Predicted grades for ‘pending’ qualifications
Personal statement
Reference
Interview
Piece of written work
Portfolio
Audition
Admissions tests- CHECK CAREFULLY!
Decision making by institutions
An admissions tutor may initially make one of three
decisions:
Unconditional offer
Conditional offer
Unsuccessful
Or recommend:
A place on an alternative course
Applicant replies to offers
Once the final decision has been received, a maximum of
two offers may be held
Applicants have a choice of three reply options:
Firm acceptance
Insurance acceptance
Decline the offer
The Application process at Bluecoat
- Tutor periods and morning tutor periods will be dedicated
to UCAS. Students are expected to attend.
- Once student thinks they have completed their application,
tutor checks application
- If all ready, an appointment is made with either Mrs
Bromley, Miss Riley or Miss Wood who will do final level of
checking and send the application.
- Students can use UCAS track to keep updated on their
application progress.
- Interview Support available where applicable.
STUDENT FINANCE Nottingham Trent University
Useful stuff…
• Call Student Finance England: 0845 300 5090
• Search for Student Finance England on Social Media • Use the Student Finance Calculator to get an idea of what
funds you’ll be eligible for www.gov.uk/student-finance-calculator
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