Transcript UCAS Advice - Hyndland Secondary School

UCAS Advice to students
Monday 01.10.12
Logging on
 Watch the ucas tv advice on filling in your
UCAS form
http://www.ucas.tv/ucas/playlist/K7HsW/
 Ask for the school buzzword
 Note down your username, password and
UCAS ID number
 Keep them safe: we can’t access them!!
 We can see everything on your form, but
we can’t change anything!
Deadlines
 Week beginning 01.10.12 you can
start your form
 Pastoral Care start to send for subject
reports
 11.10.12: Parents’ Meeting
 02.11.12: First draft of Personal
Statement
 30.11.12 Application deadline
Common errors
 Funding is 02, Student AA Scotland
 Check your SQA subject codes: the
office can print off your results, or
you can use your certificate. Usually,
the highest code is the one to use.
Education Section
 Put in Standard Grades, Int 2s
 Highers
 and Highers and Advanced Highers
pending
 Use August 2011, 2012, 2013 as the
completion date
 Adding in all your units can look
messy!
Other Educational Achievements
 Check the UCAS tariff tables to find
out what else attracts UCAS points
 For example, Associated Board Music
exams
 Graded dance qualifications
 Fashion Brand Retailing
 Speech and Drama
 Sports Leader
Personal Statement
 Use the brief and very sensible advice
on ucastv
 Have a brief look at an exemplar or
two
 BUT have your own approach
 Concentrate, above all, on “Why this
course is the right one for me!”
 There will be specific support on this.
Personal statement
 About 80% of your PS should be
related to your course:
 Assessment regimes
 Course contents
 Show your research
 Wider reading
Sources of help
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UCAS website
PTPC/ school staff
Unistats.direct.gov.uk/ KIS
University websites