UCAS application

[Frodo13.]

Thought it would be nice if we had a place to discuss everything UCAS tbh.

So, is anyone but me going through the process at the moment? I payed for my application on Monday and my referee has just started my reference.

[Yonder]

Early? i dont think i gave mine in when i applied until about march? I know it was ment to be in January thought.

[Angel-Light]

I handed mine in last year at the October break and got my offers in the month of February so he isn't really early :P

You will be glad to get rid of it all especially the personal statement part :P

Good luck to you all!

[Soka]

i sent mine off 8th october i think - was a mad rush - only because oxford require it by 15th october :eusa_wall had oxford entrance test y'day for maths and was very hard :(

it took me about 5 drafts to get my personal statement right
what you hoping to study, and where at?

[Ramones]

I'm finishing off my personal statement :eusa_wall
I'm waiting on references too, sent off to get them today, hoping to be done within a couple of weeks!

[Abbie.]

UCAS is a nightmare.

:(

[N!ck]

I sent mine off yesterday. Applied for Physics (4 years masters) at Durham, Manchester, Leeds, Warwick and Liverpool.

[Abbie.]

i want to stay in northern ireland

but i might have to go over to liverpool lol :(

[Tintinnabulate]

My mates who sent their applications off last month already have offers.
I haven't sent mine off yet but Manchester will make me an offer :D
Sending off my application tomorrow :)

[alexxxxx]

i want to stay in northern ireland

but i might have to go over to liverpool lol :(

dont be dissing england.

andddddddddddd all the yr 13s getting bit stressed atm. sounds like hell.

[Abbie.]

im hardly dissing england because i want to stay in my home town? lol



i have to put in my choices and personal statement in still

so stresssssssed

[Tintinnabulate]

dont be dissing england.

andddddddddddd all the yr 13s getting bit stressed atm. sounds like hell.

It is hell if you haven't finished your UCAS apps.

[Ramones]

waiting for college to process app :8

[kk.]

It is hell if you haven't finished your UCAS apps.
tell me about it. mines just been sitting ready to be sent since last monday its just my stupid form tutor never did my reference. And i found out today that all my teachers have predicted me crap grades :/ BCC and he lowest requirements im applying to is ABB. Maths should have been an A an biology a B.

UGH TEACHERS im trying to get them changed though. stupid teachers.
im applying to warwick, loughborough, nottingham, lancaster and birmingham

[N!ck]

Got an interview at Manchester on the 27th. Not heard from any of my others yet apart from them confirming they'd recieved my application.

[Soka]

Got an interview at Manchester on the 27th. Not heard from any of my others yet apart from them confirming they'd recieved my application.

i got letter from manchester for open day / interview on 27th too 12 till 4 or something, ill have to get train down if im going :P

[N!ck]

i got letter from manchester for open day / interview on 27th too 12 till 4 or something, ill have to get train down if im going :P

Ah cool, good luck with it. Is it Maths you applied for there?

[Tintinnabulate]

tell me about it. mines just been sitting ready to be sent since last monday its just my stupid form tutor never did my reference. And i found out today that all my teachers have predicted me crap grades :/ BCC and he lowest requirements im applying to is ABB. Maths should have been an A an biology a B.

UGH TEACHERS im trying to get them changed though. stupid teachers.
im applying to warwick, loughborough, nottingham, lancaster and birmingham

Yeah my biology predicted me lower than what I got in AS because they think everyone will do badly in A2. Urgh.
And well done N!ck :)

[Soka]

Ah cool, good luck with it. Is it Maths you applied for there?

yeaa applied for maths masters at all unis i applied for , still heard nothing from wawrick, durham. got acknowledgements from nottingham and i being given username/pw for nottingham's site, manchester - interview/open day, oxford done entrance test waiting for interview hopefully

what you doing physics? and where at :)

[N!ck]

yeaa applied for maths masters at all unis i applied for , still heard nothing from wawrick, durham. got acknowledgements from nottingham and i being given username/pw for nottingham's site, manchester - interview/open day, oxford done entrance test waiting for interview hopefully

what you doing physics? and where at :)

Yeah applied for Physics masters at Durham, Manchester, Warwick, Leeds and Liverpool. Hoping to go to either Durham or Manchester though depending on my offers and grades :P. Had acknowledgements from all of them.

[GommeInc]

Urgh, UCAS applications are incredibly confusing. Thankfully I never had to do one lol :P

[Angel-Light]

I'm just glad that process is over now :P

Although be warned, you may get exams on a Saturday at Uni >.< (I have one at 9am!)

Good luck in interviews, getting offers and getting the right grades if it is a conditional. It feels great when the Uni you want to attend accepts you, I was jumping for joy... literally :D

[N!ck]

Got a conditional offer from Warwick. AAB with the AA in maths and physics.

Also got an interview/openday thing at Leeds on 17th of January i think it is.

[Josh-H]

Got a conditional offer from Warwick. AAB with the AA in maths and physics.

Also got an interview/openday thing at Leeds on 17th of January i think it is.


Flipping hell, those are high requirements.

[Pyroka]

Still need to do my Personal Statement, my Reference is all ready as well as the payment and the other info they want. :P

[Jesus-Egg]

yeaa applied for maths masters at all unis i applied for , still heard nothing from wawrick, durham.


Yeah applied for Physics masters at Durham, Manchester, Warwick, Leeds and Liverpool.

Excellent choice! I'm currently at Durham, doing physics. Been great so far! What colleges did you apply to?

[irJen]

I paid mine Sunday, made ammendments today and awaiting references too :)
Hopefully it'll be off soon, I know loads of people with offers already!

I can't wait for next year, I can't stand Year 13 anymore.

Applying for English Language at Cardiff (1st choice), UWE, Portsmouth and Sussex.

[N!ck]

Excellent choice! I'm currently at Durham, doing physics. Been great so far! What colleges did you apply to?

Collingwood. Which are you at?

[Jesus-Egg]

Josephine Butler, which is just a couple of minutes up the road from Collingwood. I've not been in so I don't know what the accommodation and stuff is like there, but if you have any questions about the physics course, or Durham in general, feel free to ask!

[N!ck]

Josephine Butler, which is just a couple of minutes up the road from Collingwood. I've not been in so I don't know what the accommodation and stuff is like there, but if you have any questions about the physics course, or Durham in general, feel free to ask!

Thanks, i will do :P. Did Durham invite you for an interview and what grades did they ask you for if you don't mind me asking. Also, what is your accomodation like, is it shared and what about en-suite etc? I know Josephine Butler is selfcatered. How are you finding the course and what are the teaching staff like? Are you doing 3 or 4 years.

Sorry about all the questions lol, but Durham is where i will be seriously considering if they offer me a place.

[kk.]

lmao nick, just a few..

ahh im stressing. all my teachers have all of a sudden decided that i should have an insurance uni. as in a grade BBB-CCC. I knew i should but i just cant find a good one for accoun ting and finance that i want to go to. any tips and help? i have loughborough, warwick, nottingham, birmingham and lancaster atm but i should replace one with a BBB-CCC. :'( cry i want it gone by tomorrow

[scottish]

I was meant to apply before christmas apparently if i wanted a course.

[Calabrian]

I've come to a halt on mine as my gay teacher is yet to write me a referrence.
I applied for Business Management and International Business.
Im applying to
Kings college london
Brunel
City university
Surrey Uni
Kingston Uni

:D

[Frodo13.]

Mine is all done and dusted and had offers from Derby and Kingston. Also applied for Nottingham Trent, UWE and Lincoln. Hoping to study History.

[Jesus-Egg]

Thanks, i will do . Did Durham invite you for an interview and what grades did they ask you for if you don't mind me asking. Also, what is your accomodation like, is it shared and what about en-suite etc? I know Josephine Butler is selfcatered. How are you finding the course and what are the teaching staff like? Are you doing 3 or 4 years.

Sorry about all the questions lol, but Durham is where i will be seriously considering if they offer me a place.

lol, don't worry about it. Unless it's changed, you won't have an interview. One of my flatmates, who's doing Theology had one, but nobody i know doing science based subjects has. After I got an offer, I was invited to an open day though, and that was good to get to see the department and the college. I needed AAA, which included an A in physics and maths. Further maths isn't necessary, but if you're doing it, you'll have a few extra lectures you can fall asleep in without missing anything new. I don't think I got my offer until January, so you'll have a while to wait.

The accommodation at JB is pretty good. It's only a few years old, so all the buildings are nice and new. The flats consist of 6 en suite rooms sharing the kitchen. All the rooms have internet connection, and the bathrooms are good. They're really small though, and flood a bit whenever you use the shower, but apart from that they're fine. The kitchens here are pretty big, with plenty of storage space, and they get cleaned once a week. In the Butler building, there's reception, the bar and the JCR corridor (with TV room, computer room etc) and in the Howlands building (which is shared with Ustinov college) we've got the laundry room, music room, gym, and all the formals are held there. There's also loads of support for if you're feeling down, or having problems with your course or anything, and I assume that will be similar at all colleges.

I'm actually doing theoretical physics, which is a 4 year course, but in the first 2 years all physics courses are pretty much the same. Each year you need to do 6 modules. In the first year, Foundations of Physics 1 (http://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/modules/2008/phys1122/) and Discovery Skills in Physics (http://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/modules/2008/phys1101/) are compulsory. You have a choice of Maths modules. You can either do Single Maths A and B (which I'm doing), which is reccommended, as it has all the maths you'll need for physics in, but if you think you might change your mind in future years and want to do just maths, you can do Core Maths A and B (Core A is a double module). If you choose Single A and B, you'll have a module left over, and you can do any module from any course at the university, but the physics depertment do an introduction to astronomy module (which i'm doing). So far, the course has been ok. It has been quite a big jump in difficulty from A level though. Classical mechanics is a lot harder; there's loads of vectors and calculus. Special Relativity is also a bit confusing. Mostly it hasn't been too bad though. Most of the lecturers are good, with the major exception of the optics lecturer - he couldn't explain basic trigonometry! Our single maths B lecturer is awesome, though! You'll get a physics tutorial each week, and a couple of maths tutorials where you can go through questions, and ask about things you don't understand. You've also got a 3 hour lab session each week, and you'll have a few lab reports to write.

[N!ck]

Thanks for the help +rep. I'll let you know if/when any other questions come to mind lol.

[Ramones]

Omg bump, but i actually sent mine off last night, after a traumatic ordeal with my personal statement. How exciting.

[-SwItCh.]

wow i didn't know so many people were headed off to uni this year. I've sent mine a while ago now, applied for a 3 year physics degree. Got some of the same uni's as you Nick :P, applied to warwick, leeds, nottingham, imperial and bath. Still waiting to hear something from imperial.

[N!ck]

Got a conditional from Manchester, AAA. Interview/open day at Liverpool tomorrrow.

[dirrty]

im only in year 12, but i wanna know summit. is there a limit to how many unis you can apply to? ma mate was like 3, but i dont rly believe that as that seems quite low.

[Abbie.]

i feel like crying thinking about my personal statement lol :(!!!!!!!


ye but im either doing history with education in univercity of ulster, or some primary education ones in liverpool

[N!ck]

im only in year 12, but i wanna know summit. is there a limit to how many unis you can apply to? ma mate was like 3, but i dont rly believe that as that seems quite low.

Five. Or four if you apply for something like Medicine or Dentistry and you can put your fifth choice as something else.

[Soka]

Five. Or four if you apply for something like Medicine or Dentistry and you can put your fifth choice as something else.

yeh, and you can only apply to one of oxford or cambridge.. you don't have to apply for 5 though, its £7 pound to apply to one course, and anything above that (up to 5) is £17. (through UCAS).

congrats on offer from manchester, did you go to open day - when i went they said all of you are going to get offer, and i got one few days later ;p
AAB, with A in maths, also got offer from nottingham AAB, with A IN maths + A in AS Further maths :( still waiting on durham, and interview at oxford soon :@

jesus with you doing physics at durham, do you know anything on maths there etc.? seems so i've never visited and only intend to if i get offer :P

abbie, once you complete your personal statement you will be really proud of it :)

[Xarea]

I don't get it, what's personal statement?

[Abbie.]

I don't get it, what's personal statement?

a statement about yourself which the univercity judges you by lolol

[dirrty]

ok, thanks for clearing that up :D

[N!ck]

yeh, and you can only apply to one of oxford or cambridge.. you don't have to apply for 5 though, its £7 pound to apply to one course, and anything above that (up to 5) is £17. (through UCAS).

congrats on offer from manchester, did you go to open day - when i went they said all of you are going to get offer, and i got one few days later ;p
AAB, with A in maths, also got offer from nottingham AAB, with A IN maths + A in AS Further maths :( still waiting on durham, and interview at oxford soon :@

jesus with you doing physics at durham, do you know anything on maths there etc.? seems so i've never visited and only intend to if i get offer :P

abbie, once you complete your personal statement you will be really proud of it :)

Yes, i was there at the open day/interview on the 27th too. You damn mathematicians made the coach have to wait lol :(.

[Angel-Light]

Advice to education people: Make sure you say you love children and you are willing to teach them. Also helps to have some relevant experience :P

Personal Statements don't really count for much, they certainly help with your 2 references from people but if you are going for an interview just sell yourself like you do at a job interview. Good luck though :D