You can keep tabs on the progress
of your University or College applications using the log in details for UCAS Track which are contained in the
letter or email you received a few days after submitting your application. Here
you will find details of offers made by the Universities or Colleges to which
you applied, as and when they’re made. These offers are in no particular order
and may take a bit of time to come through. Be patient, even if you are getting
worried as your friends have heard and you haven’t. If you gave a valid email
address on your application, you will receive an email letting you know when
universities have made a decision on your application and you will then need to
log in to Track for details.
Once you’ve received replies from
all of your choices, you can make your decisions and reply through UCAS Track. If an offer is
un-conditional, acceptance confirms your place on the course next Autumn, so
you need to be certain this is what you want. If offers are conditional on exam
results or other factors, you can accept two. One of your choices must be a
firm acceptance, in other words first choice and you can also choose an
insurance acceptance or back-up.
Think carefully about these
decisions. Your first choice really does need to be just that. Be ambitious but
realistic and listen to the advice of your subject teachers when it comes to
deciding whether you can attain the grade requirements of the offer. Your
back-up, whilst being conditional upon lower grades in case of a hiccup on
results day, must still be on a course which inspires you towards your future
career ambitions, at a university that you would be happy to attend.
Once you have decided on the
offers you would like to accept, you need to then decline any others. If you do
not receive any offers or decide to decline all the offers you receive, you may
be able to use Extra to add more course choices later, usually if you have not
already made applications to five. If this option is available to you, a button
will appear when you log in to track your application. You also have the option
to wait and see which courses become available during the Clearing process later on.
Instead of an offer, you may be
invited to attend an interview in which case make sure you prepare well. Know
in detail the course you have applied to study and think about why you wish to
attend that university in particular. Get busy with background reading relevant
for the subject you wish to study. Get up to speed with current affairs,
particularly when it comes to issues which influence and affect thinking and
opinion within your chosen subject or career field, in case you are asked to
discuss them. Getting the inside view-point from someone already working within
that field by arranging a practice interview beforehand can be very useful in
calming nerves on the day.
If you would like some advice on last-minute UCAS applications, the process of accepting your offers or preparing and arranging practice interviews for university, please give our team of friendly, professional consultants a call on 01856 522066 or email consultants@independenteducationconsultants.co.uk
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