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Academic excellence for business and the professions
Admissions Talk
2 July 2014
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• You may wish to sit near the front as the presentation contains screenshots of actual
UCAS forms which may not be clear if you sit at the back.
• We hope you enjoy the talk.
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Richard Broom
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Admissions – A Basic Guide
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▪Confirmation and Clearing
▪Statistics – Annual Cycle
▪Three applicants
▪Decision process
▪Qualifications and offers
▪Applying through UCAS1
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UCAS –Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
National Application System – Includes GTTR and CUKAS
Web-based course search and applications system
Applications to all full-time courses in UK inc Year 2 and deferrals
Facebook discussion groups and videos
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Apply via the web through your school or as an individual
Thumbnail videos on each section
Enter educational qualifications, work background, personal statement and reference
Choose up to five universities
Track your application
See Decisions
Prompts to help you through the process
Make Replies
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UCAS Form
• Accurate and complete
• Update when details change
• Read contextual help
• Passport nationality
• Invisibility of choices
• Email address
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Qualifications
•Include unit/subject grades where available
•Don’t try to translate other quals into A levels
•Don’t skip the section – it’s probably the most important page!
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Personal Statement
Why you have chosen the course and the reasons why that subject interests you?Evidence that you understand what is required to study the course
How any previous study or work experience relate to the course you have chosen?What you expect to do with your studies when you leave?Don’t use elaborate language or try too hard to impress
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Similarity Detection - Plagiarism reports
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A bit of preparation ……Scan your
GCSEs
Non-Standard Qualifications
Get translations
English tests
Passports/Home Office documents
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneSep Nov Dec July
UCAS TIMETABLEON-TIME, ‘LATE’ AND
EXTRA2015Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneSep Nov Dec July
September – UCAS cycle opens
15th Jan Initial closing date
31st March Institutions ‘aim’ to have decisions
8th May Applicants reply until first DBD
9th May Reject by Default
6th June Main DBD
2015Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneSep Nov Dec July
16th January Late applications start
30th June deadline for ‘late’ applications
Universities consider until 18th July RBD
25th July Last DBD
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2015Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneSep Nov Dec July
25th February Extra starts
3rd July Last Extra Referral
Everything else is held for Clearing
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• Potential applicant finds a course
• Registers online with UCAS Apply
• Completes entire form and pays • Forms received by School / College & reference added
• School / College sends form to UCAS
• UCAS sends form out to HEIs
• HEIs make decisions (offers or unsuccessful)
• Applicant views decisions on Track
• Applicant decides what offers to accept
• HEIs confirm place when exam results known
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Qualifications and Offers
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Entry Qualifications
• A/AS Levels• International Baccalaureate• BTEC National Diploma• Access Courses• International Foundation Courses• EU Qualifications• Overseas Qualifications• Other e.g. Professional
Preparation and Potential
Monitor progression over time
Adapt offers accordingly
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UCAS Tariff, Grades and Offer Making
• Points system used to report achievement in numerical format
• Attempts to establish comparability across different types of qualifications and for applicants with different volumes of achievement
• Grades vs Tariff Not all Universities or courses use the tariff in offers Many use a combination
• Inherent flaws in tariff structure and methodology
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UCAS Tariff – Main Qualifications
GCE/VCE A levelA* = 140A = 120B = 100C = 80D = 60E = 40
GCE/VCE AS Points
A = 60B = 50C = 40D = 30E = 20
Example:
A level Maths A = 120
A level Physics B = 100
A level Art C = 80
Total = 300
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UCAS Tariff – Main Qualifications BTEC
Example:
BTEC Cert in IT DD = 240
BTEC Award M = 80
Total = 320
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Framing offers?
BA Taxidermy
Standard offer BBB or 300 Tariff
ABB
BBB
ABC
AAD
CCCC
320 Tariff
300 Tariff
300 Tariff
300 Tariff
320 Tariff
!!BTEC ND 300 does not exist
!! IB starts at 260
!! ILC has own points
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NARIC and International Qualifications
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Entry Qualifications
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Business Mathematics
Radiography Informatics
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Decision Process
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Three Applicants
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Decisions and Replies (i)
• Unconditional- No further academic requirements (but qualifications have to be proven)
• Conditional – Offer based upon academic conditions to be achieved
• Reject – Unsuccessful application
• Withdrawal – Applicant did not attend interview/provide work etc
• Interview Decision – Only used in Nursing so far
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Decisions and Replies (ii)
• A maximum of 2 offers may be held after the final decision has been received
• There are three replies that can be made F = Firm AcceptanceI = Insurance AcceptanceD = Decline
• If an Unconditional Offer is accepted firmly then no other offers may be held - applicant is then UF and considered placed
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UCAS Speak
• UF Unconditional Firm• UI Unconditional Insurance• UD Unconditional Decline• U Unconditional No Response• CF Conditional Firm • CI Conditional Insurance• CD Conditional Decline• C Conditional No Response• R Reject• W Withdrawn• OD Outstanding Decision
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BRUNEL
CITY
LON MET
UCL
WARWICK
Conditional ABB
Conditional AAB
Conditional CCC
Reject
Conditional BBB
Decline
Firm
Insurance
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Decline
CD
CF
CI
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CD
Applicant 1 Nadia
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Applicant 2 Jennifer
CITY
HERTS
MIDDX
SUSSEX
QM
Conditional BTEC DDM
Conditional BTEC MMM
Unconditional for HND
Conditional BTEC MMM
Conditional BTEC DDD
Firm
Decline
Insurance
Decline
Decline
CF
CD
UI
CD
CD
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Applicant 3 Dave
ASTON
BATH
ESSEX
KINGS
WEST
Conditional BBB ex Gen Studies
Reject
Conditional 280 inc B in Maths ex Gen St
Reject
Conditional 280 inc C in Maths
Firm
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Decline
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Insurance
CF
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CD
CI
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Statistics 2013 - Activity timeline
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Statistics 2013 - Activity timeline
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9488 Offers3404 Firm1416Insurance
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Confirmation
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Demographic UK Applicants
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Demographic Top 100 Feeder Schools
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Global Picture
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Applicant Progress - September0
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Applicant progress - December
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Applicant progress January
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UF UI UD U CF CI CD C0
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Applicant progress – April
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Applicant progress - June
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UF UI UD U CF CI CD C0
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Confirmation and Clearing
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Confirmation and Clearing
• Confirmation is the point of the year when the applicant attains or not, as the case may be, the conditions set out for them by the University
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Confirmation and Clearing
Clearing is the last opportunity for applicants not holding a place to match themselves with universities offering vacancies
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Application Cycle
Polish Matura/French Bac – June/July
All India Year 12 - May
BTEC/International Bac - July
A levels –mid August
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Confirmation – Exam Results Day
Receive Exam Results
Place Confirmed
Adjustment
Clearing
Change of Course
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Applicant 1 Nadia
BRUNEL
CITY
LON MET
UCL
WARWICK
Conditional ABB
Conditional AAB
Conditional CCC
Reject
Conditional BBB
Decline
Firm
Insurance
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Decline
CD
CI
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CD
Nadia got AAB
UF
-so became UF at City
CF
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Applicant 2 Jennifer
CITY
HERTS
MIDDX
SUSSEX
QM
Conditional BTEC DDM
Conditional BTEC MMM
Unconditional for HND
Conditional BTEC MMM
Conditional BTEC DDD
Firm
Decline
Insurance
Decline
Decline
CD
CD
CD
Jennifer got MMM
CFR
UIUF
-so was placed at her Insurance choice
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Applicant 3 Dave
ASTON
BATH
ESSEX
KINGS
WEST
Conditional BBB ex Gen Studies
Reject
Conditional 280 inc B in Maths ex Gen St
Reject
Conditional 280 inc C in Maths
Firm
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Decline
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Insurance
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CD
Dave got CCC/ 240 Tariff
CFR
CIR
- so was placed into Clearing
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Clearing
• Clearing 2013 saw 40,000 applicants placed (9.6% of total)
• City received 33,000 calls on the first day• Clearing number will be visible on Track for an
eligible applicant• Vacancies published and updated throughout the
period– UCAS website– HEI websites– The Telegraph
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Clearing
Applicants will not be able to add a Clearing choice until the afternoon of A level results day
Applicants must speak to the institution before adding them as a Clearing choice
This is to:– Give applicants the chance to research into suitable Clearing choices– Prevent applicants from rushing into submitting a Clearing choice through
Track
Once a Clearing choice is submitted the applicant will not be able to refer themselves anywhere else
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Applicant progress - August
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Confirmation
UF UI UD U CF CI CD C0
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Applicant progress – early September (cleaned version)
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Questions
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A Level
IB
Access
BTEC
Foundation
EU Qual
OS Qual
Other
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