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Putting a Hampton application into context

Putting a Hampton application into context. Strategy for university application. 1) You perform : AS module scores achieved in Lower 6 th are extremely important. 2) We predict : Predictions by departments are based on AS module achievements and are non-negotiable.

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Putting a Hampton application into context

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  1. Putting a Hampton application into context

  2. Strategy for university application • 1) You perform: AS module scores achieved in Lower 6th are extremely important. • 2) We predict: Predictions by departments are based on AS module achievements and are non-negotiable. • 3) You apply to universities. All being well, you receive offers. • 4) You perform in the AS and A2 modules. • 5) You get into university by fulfilling offer(s).

  3. What sort of students do universities want? • LSE is looking for bright, questioning, self-motivated students who are not daunted by the challenge of living and studying in an extremely cosmopolitan and intellectually demanding atmosphere. • The University of Edinburgh’s Undergraduate Admissions Statement includes: • Potential to derive the greatest benefit from university study will also be assessed by adducing evidence of the applicant’s commitment to higher education, their motivation to succeed, their suitability for the chosen programme and whether they have the personal resourcefulness to handle the challenges of a university education.

  4. Research • Remember: order is important! • What subject ? then Which university • League Tables are a start but don’t take small differences in ranking to be too significant. Always look at how the rankings are scored. There are several versions of League tables. • There is a huge amount of information on www.ucas.com. • Look over Prospectuses. Get your own copies. • Read objective accounts of universities; listen to subjective opinions. • Visit universities when you can. • Short list and then decide on choices.

  5. UCAS • The UCAS system is the medium through which you apply to universities in the UK. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is based in Cheltenham. • We are an all-in electronic application school, using the on-line version. The cost is £17 per candidate.

  6. Deadlines • Those of you who will apply for Oxford or Cambridge, for Medicine, Veterinary Science or Dentistry will be completing your application from the start of the Autumn term and working to completion in advance of the October 15th deadline. • We wish everyone else to complete their UCAS applications as soon as possible after that date.

  7. How UCAS works • You can apply for up to five choices on the UCAS form. • There should be real consistency in the courses chosen. • Candidates for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science need only to make four choices. • Your chosen universities do not see where else you have applied. • From your offers, you make one Firm and one Insurance choice, and reject the rest. This will be around February/March/April time. • If all goes well with your A-levels, you will go to your Firm choice.

  8. The UCAS Tariff • The UCAS Tariff is the expression of the results that you need in order to satisfy any university’s entrance requirements. • However, the top or selecting universities will still require individual A-level grades: the lower or recruiting universities give points-based offers. • An A grade at A-level is worth 120 points for a six-unit award. A B is worth 100 points, and so on. Standard offers are based on 3 A-levels only – assume unless told otherwise that General Studies will not be included, nor as a rule will a single AS level. A few of the selecting universities have recently taken to giving an AS target in the offer in addition to 3 A-levels.

  9. The consistency of an application • You should plan to apply to courses broadly in line with your predicted grades: • Example: I am predicted ABB and I wish to study Geography. • For my 5 choices: • I most want to go to Geography BSc at Durham. The typical offer is AAB. • I have also selected Geography BSc at Birmingham, Leeds and Southampton. All have typical ABB offers. • I have added Physical Geography at Aberystwyth. Typically 300-320 points. • I have three choices in line with my predictions. • I am aiming high for Durham because I want to go there most. • I am adding Aberystwyth in case I don’t do as well as predicted. • The spectrum of my choices runs from 300 points (equivalent to BBB up to AAA (equivalent to 360 points). My predicted grades lie towards the top of the spectrum. • My subject choices are consistent, one course being a little more specialised.

  10. Selling your application! • An Admissions Tutor looks primarily at certain evidence to select candidates. • Most important are the School’s predicted grades and reference. You will know your A–level predictions before you apply. • Your Personal Statement provides important support material. For an Oxbridge application, it is instrumental in getting you to the next stage of an Interview. For most non-Oxbridge applications, it may well be a substitute for an Interview! • A “count back” to your GCSE grades is also important. Some departments of some universities may formally use GCSE scores to rank candidates.

  11. The contemporary issue in Higher Education for selecting universities • Universities are increasingly dissatisfied with A Level grades as discriminators of ability. • Hence, the varied use of admissions tests; the inclusion of an AS target in offers; countback to GCSEs; the acceptance of EPQs.

  12. Places available • Bear in mind that a university department only has so many places available. Good universities are oversubscribed, and will select; you may find yourself on the wrong side of a numbers game. Incidentally, universities will make more offers than it has places available. If you satisfy that offer by making the grades you are asked to obtain, then you are in!

  13. Example: applying for Economics at Nottingham • Last year they had 2,500 applications. • 1,200 of those had AAA predictions! • They gave about 200 Offers for 123 Places.

  14. 92 Bristol 70 Nottingham 59 Manchester 57 Leeds 51 Durham 43 Oxford 43 Southampton 38 Edinburgh 38 Warwick 35 St. Andrews 33 Birmingham 32 UCL 30 Exeter 28 Bath 25 LSE 21 Kingston 20 Sheffield 20 KCL 19 Cambridge 16 York Where Hampton pupils applied to in 2008?(most popular choices)

  15. Nottingham 23 Oxford 17 Bristol 12 Manchester 11 Durham 10 Imperial 7 Leeds 7 Warwick 7 Cambridge 6 Birmingham 5 44% went to Top 10 unis. 92% went to Top 25 unis. 94% went to Firm Choice 5% Insurance Choice 1% Clearing or other 25% taking Gap Year 17 reapplying/resitting 2 to USA Main Destinations in 2008

  16. Investigating Rejection • Bristol • Oxbridge applicants also including Bristol in their choices: total 30. • There were 19 offers given but 10 also had offers from their Oxbridge choice. • Therefore, 9 boys who did not get an Oxbridge offer did get one from Bristol. • For non-Oxbridge applicants: 58 applicants; 17 offers. Success ratio: 1:3.5 • Durham • Oxbridge applicants also including Durham in their choices: total 26. • There were 20 offers given, 8 of whom also had offers from their Oxbridge choice. • Therefore, 12 boys who did not get an Oxbridge offer did get one from Durham. • For non-Oxbridge applicants: 13 applicants; 6 offers. Success ratio: 1:2

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