UCAS Application Guide: How to Register and Apply in 2021, Exams of Medicine

Download UCAS Application Guide: How to Register and Apply in 2021 and more Exams Medicine in PDF only on Docsity! 07/07/2020 1 UCAS APPLICATIONS HOW TO REGISTER – UCAS APPLY 2021 www.ucas.com Click ‘Sign in’ and then ‘STUDENTS’ Click Undergraduate Student sign in Pleate eelect an education scheme. Undergraduate Conservatoires 07/07/2020 YOu need to register Si PY Undergraduate Applying for university and college degree courses 2020 entry se Track to check the progress of your submitted applicatio C Apply Track 2021 entry Apply now for 202 y. Please note, UCAS Track for 2021 entry will not be avail 2020 07/07/2020 UCAS app | "i Cece ny . Home > Register Help De ‘Whore is your postal address?" uk Non Ukiintemational British Forces Post Office (BFPO) Use correct — capitals for = house name 07/07/2020 6 This often happens. Make sure you use capitals correctly when you type address in. Use a sensible email address that you check very regularly. Can be school or home. Can also be changed at a later date if necessary 07/07/2020 7 You can choose how they contact you. Write down your PASSWORD and the answers to the 4 security questions – including whether they are upper or lower case! 07/07/2020 10 Make a note of your personal ID – it doesn’t appear again. You will not need this to log in until after you have sent your application though You can verify your email now or later but it must be done before you can ‘complete’ your application. Watch the video! Then click on PERSONAL DETAILS 07/07/2020 11 Personal Details  Your name should be the same as on your exam certificate  Preferred name can be your shortened name eg Ben not Benjamin  Only fill in surname before 16th birthday if you have changed your name since you turned 16 – otherwise don’t put anything here  Nationality – UK National (in the majority of cases) – what passport do you hold?  Do not put dual nationality – unless you hold 2 passports. Personal Details  Area of Permanent Residence – the county where you LIVE not just study. … use the LIST  Residential Category – use the LIST  Don’t worry about all the reference numbers. If you can find your ULN and BTEC registration number on exam entries or results, that’s great.  Fee Code – most will be 02 – check before application goes off if you are unsure  Student Support Arrangements – select depending on where you live – use list  Nominated Access – this is up to you!  Criminal Convictions – only tick if you HAVE a conviction!  Disability/ Special Needs – only include something here if it is registered and official – ie a statement. But DO include if you have one as lots of funding available. 07/07/2020 12 Personal Details  You can save as you go along – you don’t need to complete the whole section at once.  When all answers in a section are complete, you can tick the SECTION COMPLETE box and that will change to a red tick in the side margin menu. Now click on EDUCATION 07/07/2020 15 Add qualifications  There is a shortlist of course types that we offer – but you can search for others  BTEC with exams = Pearson BTEC, Year 1 is Certificate, Year 2 is Extended Certificate  BTEC without exams = Year 1 is BTEC Certificate (QCF), Year 2 is BTEC Subsidiary Diploma (QCF) Education  Add ALL of your qualifications  Add A levels to complete in 2021 with grades as ‘Pending’  Add BTEC Year 1 (August 2020) with the grades achieved (once known)  Add BTEC Year 2 (August 2021) with grades as ‘Pending’  Include EPQ, Arts Award, Core Maths etc  GCSE – add all GCSEs whatever the grade, including any GCSE retakes  Use SAVE and ADD SIMILAR until all subjects are in 07/07/2020 16 Employment. Add employer – note this is free text so check spelling and capital letters etc Choices LEAVE UNTIL YOU ARE READY. They will appear in alphabetical order of institution code on your form and won’t be visible to other universities. You should have choices that are realistic with your predicted grades and make sure you have a back up for your insurance (lower entry requirement). My advice is one or two aspirational, one or two in line with your targets, and one or two ‘back-ups’ You have five choices Do your research before completing this section! 07/07/2020 17 Personal Statement  Paste in from Unifrog/Word when you are happy it is the final version.  Do not add more than 4,000 characters as it will cut off.  Check special characters such as pound signs and accents in languages as they do not always copy across.  CHECK THIS WITH YOUR TUTOR/SIXTH FORM TEAM BEFORE YOU DO THIS. UCAS have very sophisticated plagiarism software and this does happen and they do notify universities so be very careful about this! DEADLINES 15th October Oxbridge/Medicine/Dentistry 15th January – all other applications. This is for us to send them on – they need to be sent to us by 30th September or 30th November respectively  When all the sections are ticked as COMPLETE, you will be able to PAY/SEND  This only goes as far as the Sixth Form Team to check. Not to the universities at this stage.  We will send it back if there are amendments; keep checking emails as the message returns to the email you put on the UCAS form.