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Applying to university 2013

Applying to university 2013. What UCAS is It is an online application system It sends your application form to five different places They decide whether to offer you a place You will need to get specific grades to secure your place UCAS can then confirm your place

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Applying to university 2013

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  1. Applying to university 2013

  2. What UCAS is • It is an online application system • It sends your application form to five different places • They decide whether to offer you a place • You will need to get specific grades to secure your place • UCAS can then confirm your place • If you don't get in UCAS helps you to find an alternative course

  3. Researching your course • Aim high – aspire to go to the best place you can • Be realistic, however • Main reason to study a course: I love the subject • How 'useful' does your course need to be? • What will it be like to study there?

  4. Researching your course • Open Days • Taster Days • Longer courses • Visits • yougo.co.uk • Facebook, Twitter

  5. Which courses are good? • They need to be the right course for you • More sought after courses require higher grades • Types of university • Use Times and Guardian guides

  6. What is a realistic aim? • Look at the points or grades offered for a course • Points: A=120, B=100 for A levels • AS points: half of these • Match what you can achieve to the best course you can find

  7. Competitive universities • Basically those with higher entry requirements • Russell Group • 1994 Group • If you can get in to one of these, it's usually best to go there

  8. Course specific entry requirements • Specific subjects required for different courses • If there is any problem see ARC/BTR as soon as possible (i.e. if you aren’t studying something you ought to be)

  9. Relevant experience • This is important in: • Sport related courses (refereeing and coaching always look good) • Law, engineering, architecture • Art and Design • Teaching courses • Medicine • Veterinary Science

  10. How to get a good offer • Have good GCSEs • Have good module scores (very important to revise for AS exams!) • Show your commitment to the subject • Write a good personal statement

  11. The personal statement • At least 70% academic or course related • The rest can show that you are a well rounded, responsible person • Genuine and honest • Well written • All your own work • The penalties for plagiarism • Portfolio work (art, design, media) • Use this guide to help: http://www.ucas.com/students/applying/howtoapply/personalstatement/‏

  12. Timeline • Spring 2012 – online research and some open days/taster sessions • UKC fair 26 April 2012 • Summer 2012 – main open day season • Summer 2012 – start to make decisions about courses and draft personal statement • Autumn 2012 – complete UCAS form and approach referee

  13. Deadlines • 15 October 2012 – applications for Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, vet. science and dentistry • CUKAS • October-November 2012 – applications submitted to school • Earlier the better for more competitive universities • 15 January 2013 – deadline for school to send applications to UCAS

  14. After you apply • UCAS Track – decisions can be an offer or a rejection • Points/grades can form part of the offer – read the detail very carefully indeed! • Main and insurance choices • Extra – if you get no offers • Results day • Clearing • Adjustment – if you get higher results than expected

  15. Student Finance http://www.bis.gov.uk/studentfinance Check this link for the latest information

  16. Student Finance – Tuition Fee Loan • Tuition fees, per year: £6000-£9000 • Loans are available to all • Repayments start when you earn MORE than £21000 • Repayments are 9% of the salary AFTER the allowance

  17. Student Finance – Maintenance Loans • Maintenance loans are also usually taken • These are means tested • The maximum amount you can borrow is: • £7675 London • £5500 outside London • £4375 living at home

  18. Student Finance – Maintenance Grant • Maintenance grants are available to all with a household income <£25k • They then decrease until income reaches £42k • Full amount is £3250

  19. Student Finance – Bursaries • National Scholarship Fund information is available on university websites • It applies to students from households with incomes under £25k • There are other scholarships which may be available to all This link is to the direct.gov.uk site: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/Typesoffinance/DG_171571

  20. Student Finance Repayment is £30 a month on a salary of £25k/year The same person borrowing from Ocean Finance over the same period would have monthly repayments of £407.55 Council for Mortgage Lenders: ‘A student loan is very unlikely to affect your ability to get a mortgage’

  21. Student Finance How much you repay is based on your income, NOT on the amount borrowed (so the cost of the course doesn't matter) Interest is charged but on a variable rate up to inflation + 3%. This does NOT affect the monthly payment The debt is written off after 30 years

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