The UCAS Application Process
Applications for University are submitted during Autumn term of Year 13.
Application Checklist
- Personal Details
- GCSE & Predicted A Level Results
- Personal Statement
- School References
- 5 University Choices
- Preferred Year of Entry
- £27.50 Application Fee
University Responses
Universities can respond anytime between submission and mid-May with one of three responses.
- Unconditional Offer: A guaranteed place regardless of what you get in summer exams
- Conditional Offer: An offer of a place, so long as a certain grade is awarded in A Levels.
- Rejected Application: No offer made.
Applicant Responses
Applicants have until June of Year 13 to respond.
- Firm: Applicants favourite option. A guaranteed place, so long as you meet the conditions of the offer.
- Insurance: A safer option with an offer closer to applicant’s fine predicted grades.
- Decline: Applicant declines remaining offers.
- Withdraw: If applicant does not want to wait to hear from remaining universities.
Results
Universities get the results about a week before applicants.
The School gets them a day before.
Exceptions
- Oxbridge: Early October deadline. Can’t be deferred
- Medicine/ Dentistry/ Veterinary Medicine: Early October deadline. Applicant cannot choose 5 straight courses.
- International Applications: These are not done through UCAS
- Art Foundations: Some of these are not done through UCAS
- Conservatoires: 6 options, 2 references
- Degree Apprenticeships: Through UCAS but a different process.
- UCAS Points: Some universities accept these instead of set grades.
A Levls: A* = 56, A = 48, B = 40, C = 32, D = 26 (EPQ: A* = 28, A = 24, B = 20) e.g. ABRSM: Grade 8 Distinction = 30, Grade 8 Pass = 18, Grade 7 Dist. = 16
Example: conditional offer of 120 UCAS points. That’s BBB in A Levels, or BCC + B in EPQ, or BCC + Grade 7 Distinction
How Does SCHS Help Prepare You?
These PDFs give you a brief run down of everything you will be doing and that you will need for the application process.