Transcript Year 12 parents’ information evening September 11th 2013

Year 13
Parent Engagement Group
Getting on at A2
8 October 2014
Start the year as you mean to go on
• Talk to subject staff and agree any retake AS
modules and when they are going to take
them (Deadline 30th January)
• Plan the year ahead
• Sort out regular work slots using your free
time effectively
• Read around class topics – be ahead of the
game!!!!
• Extended Project completion.
UPGRADE: Year 13
• Support with retakes/timed work
• Improve time management
• Overcome barriers to learning
Post 18 Pathways
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University
Employment
Apprenticeship
Gap year
UCAS
• Decision time – apply for 2015/apply deferred
entry 2016/ no application
• We can help – but students HAVE to research
and make their own decisions
Factors to Consider
• Which University?
• Which subject?
• Which course?
• Entrance requirements and how competitive
• Funding
• Be realistic!
Although practical considerations can make a big
difference to your university years, you’re going
away to study, and ultimately the content of the
course should be your guiding principle, no
matter how long the bar at Manchester is!
Unistats.com
Dates
• Completed applications to UCAS by Oct 15th for
Oxford/Cambridge/Medicine/Vet/Dentistry
• Post 16 centre would like all other UCAS applications
to be completed and sent to tutors for references
and checking by October half term.
• Submission by 1 December guarantees we will hit
15th Jan deadline
• UCAS deadline is Jan 15th – too late for competitive
courses
The UCAS Process
Early Autumn term
Apply for 5 realistic choices of university/course
Students will have their predicted grades as well as their
AS grades
Late Autumn/Spring term
Conditional offers
Rejection
Early Summer term
Decision to keep 2 offers – a contractual obligation
Firm Acceptance
Insurance Acceptance
Personal
statements
1. Why this course?
• Use the first section of your statement to say:
- Why you want to do this course
- What you think the course is about
- What options within it interest you
2. Relevant experience in this field
• IF you have done anything directly relevant discuss it next:
- architecture, engineering, medicine, nursing, teaching
- explain what you gained from this experience and how
it has strengthened your view that this is the right field for
you
- give specific examples of what you did and what you
learned from your experience
3. Why I’m academically suited to this
course
- if you already do the subject – what you have enjoyed so far
and why
- if it’s new to you, which of your current subjects have helped
you develop the necessary SKILLS
- if it’s an arts/humanities subject – what have you read that’s
relevant, beyond the A level spec?
- if it’s maths/science/engineering/business – what recent
articles have you read? What controversies/news article have
interested you?
4. The rest of your life…
By now you will only have about ¼ of your
statement space left
• Start with your achievements
• Describe leadership and team working
experiences – talk about YOUR role
• Say what skills you have developed in your
part time employment
• Mention your interests/hobbies
Get advice about your statement
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Make a draft
Share with tutor
Redraft
Share with teachers/ parents
Agree final version
Completing your Application
• Online application form
• Students work with tutors to complete application
and finalise personal statement
• Make sure the fee code is 02,… Bristol*.
• Make sure AS subjects are separate from A2
• Make sure resits are entered as pending
• Payment is by card only - £23 (2 – 5 choices); £12 (1
choice)
• Submit form
* Unless NHS funded
Reference
• Tutor compiles the reference, using subject staff
comments and predicted grades.
• They will start the reference with an explanation of
North Bristol Post 16 Centre and previous school.
• The end of the reference will include some
comments about time at the centre and activities
students have been involved in.
• Student should inform tutor if there is something
important that they wish to be included in your
reference.
• Attendance and punctuality!
What happens after we have sent your
form off
• Student will get confirmation that UCAS has
received their form and will be sending it off
to your university choices. Keep ID number
safe.
• Get a folder/file together to keep all
paperwork from UCAS and Universities
• Record tracker details
Offers/rejections
• By end of March/ April student will have
received either offers or rejections
• At this point students will be asked to select
one firm offer as a first choice and a second
(Lower offer) as an insurance offer
Results day
• THURSDAY 13TH AUGUST
• Please be in Bristol on this day
• Results are not emailed or given out over the
phone
• Universities want to speak to students and will
not speak to parents!
Be successful
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Work hard
Plan time effectively / job/ social life/ school work
Plan future
Apply to UCAS
Gap year – plan
If they don’t want to apply to uni, work on an
excellent CV for future job opportunities
• Some apprenticeship schemes have deadlines
• Use tutor, post 16 team, teachers, parents
• Careers advice
20 key facts on university fees, loans & grants everyone
should know
• http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/student-loanstuition-fees-changes
How to contact us…
RGS
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
0117 353 3433
COTHAM
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
0117 919 8100
www.NBP16c.org.uk
Parent surgery:
Every Wednesday
3.30 – 4.30
Appointment only