UCAS Tracking

[9y]

Hows everyones tracking going.

I've just gotten 3 of my 5 choices under conditional offers.

Leeds Met : Computer Science : 220 Ucas Points : Conditional
Leeds Met : Computer security and ethical hacking : 220 Ucas Points : Conditional
Sheffield Hallam : Computer networking : 220 Ucas Points : Conditional

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University of Worcester : Computer Science : No reply
Manchester Met : No reply

[PaulMacC]

Got 4/5 all for Comp Sci.
Ulster, Queens, Lancaster, Ulster.
Just waiting on Staffs.

[Neversoft]

Well I have yet to even send off my application because my teacher is seriously taking the piss with her reference. I wish she would hurry up and do the damn thing so I can get on with my life. Dammit, there isn't that long left. Getting worried, ahhhhhhhh! They all say submitting your application later doesn't put you at a disadvantage, etc, etc... but from the sheer amount of people who have already received conditional offers surely it must... Urgh, I don't even know what to think anymore. At least I already have my grades since I finished college ages ago. Goodbye conditional offers! So long as I get my application in on time. Whynowwhynowwhynowahhhhhhhhh!

[Callum.]

4/5

sussex, bournemouth, chichester, hull

waiting on sheffield where i wanna go................

[lawrawrrr]

5 offers :D
All English and Creative Writing.

Lancaster - AAB, A in English
Surrey - ABB
Brunel - 320 points, B in English
Aberystwyth - 300 points, B in English
Hertforshire - 300 points

*celebratory dance*
GL to the rest of you!!

[danzooo]

still nothing from any of them. think its broken

[Inseriousity.]

ethical hacking? LOL is that even possible?

Good luck everyone. :)
My last offer was the uni I went to in the end.

[Shoe]

nope i havent heard anything im still waiting, im not expecting to hear untill after xmas now tbh. Tho i just want my first choice cause if i dont get it im not going.
Coventry - Sports Therapy. doubt i will get the grades tho :(

[9y]

Well done all!

Neversoft. I thought the same, ******** myself when I was waiting but had some offers a few days later which made it a bit less stressful.

Ethical hacking sounds really good to me. well, something I would like to do :) xxx

[Hecktix]

still nothing from any of them. think its broken

Unis have long holidays at christmas remember :P

[Soy]

Bristol (UWE) English > Conditional
Bristol (UWE) English & Drama > Conditional
Cardiff (UWIC) English > Interview
Cardiff (UWIC) English & Drama > Interview
Aston > English > Failed

yeah thats it

[Recursion]

UCAS are still processing my damn application, doubt it'll get done before the time we go back to school :/

[Ed.]

Durham - AAA
Warwick - A*AA or AAA
Exeter - AAA
Nottingham - AAB

Cambridge - Still waiting :(

[myke]

I've not even been able to send off my application yet. I'm still waiting for my reference.. :/

[luce]

yeah also the UCAS has been down for maintenance for the past however hasn't it?!

[Recursion]

yeah also the UCAS has been down for maintenance for the past however hasn't it?!

Friday afternoon to Monday morning.

[Recursion]

TOOT TOOT. Can finally log on to Track and got an Admission email from Kent, now the waiting game begins :(

[9y]

Just got a interview in Worcester uni. Shame I cant be arsed to drive 5 hours.

[Jamesy]

So far nothing except a confirmation of application email from Portsmouth. Damn Christmas :P

[Robbie]

http://grab.by/grabs/849a76454c3ad3eaf23d314ee47e33f2.png
Computer Science. In order of preference: lancs, staffs, notts trent, manc met, salford.

[Lost_Addict]

I've had all my uni's reply my responces go as follows.

Lancaster: conditional on Distinction, B, B.
Sussex: Conditional on Distinction, B, C.
Kingston: Conditional on Merit, B, C
Reading: Conditional on 300 UCAS points
Reading: unsuccsessful (I applied for 2 cources)

[kk.]

no york uni yet :( :P

[cocaine]

5/5 offers, exactly a month after i submitted them which was nice

[danzooo]

Still absolutely nothing from either of them :( frustrating!

[Angel-Light]

On people waiting for offers to come back, just remember not everyone is back at University yet. Some offers may not appear until February (unsure on when the last final date they can be done is). I know it is frustrating but patience is the key and hopefully you will all get the course you really wanted :)

[danzooo]

On people waiting for offers to come back, just remember not everyone is back at University yet. Some offers may not appear until February (unsure on when the last final date they can be done is). I know it is frustrating but patience is the key and hopefully you will all get the course you really wanted :)

I know what you mean there, the deadline for the applications is 15th January and I know right away that certain universities such as Napier don't even look at the applications until that date. It's extra frustrating because I've had friends have unconditional offers already!

[kk.]

On people waiting for offers to come back, just remember not everyone is back at University yet. Some offers may not appear until February (unsure on when the last final date they can be done is). I know it is frustrating but patience is the key and hopefully you will all get the course you really wanted :)

im sure the latest is either march or may.. (i know quite a gap but similar months :P) so you could be waiting a while all you people waiting for one!

[Lost_Addict]

Got 4/5 all for Comp Sci.
Ulster, Queens, Lancaster, Ulster.
Just waiting on Staffs.

I'm applying for lancaster for ICT, so we'd likley see eachother if we both went there ;)

On ive been offered;

Lancaster: ICT - ABB
Sussex: Media technology - ABC
Reading: ICT - ABC
Kingston: Business and games development - BBC

[Shoe]

I have heard nothing yet my friend have for the same couse at the same uni... Gutted! :(

[LoveToStack]

Unconditional for Edinburgh. Heard nothing from Glasgow at all and I got a postcard from St. Andrews last week just to say hello lol.

[Johno]

Waiting to hear back from all my choices D:

http://grab.by/8vME


Unconditional for Edinburgh. Heard nothing from Glasgow at all and I got a postcard from St. Andrews last week just to say hello lol.

To study what, may I ask? :)

[LoveToStack]

To study what, may I ask? :)

Chemistry and maths.

[Johno]

Chemistry and maths.

Ah cool :) I have a friend who is studying Chemistry at Glasgow and is loving it :)

[Shoe]

I have finally been given 3 conditional places 2 at coventry university and the other at university college birmingham.
uber happy as i want to go to coventry.

[jackass]

Only applied like a couple of weeks ago, but i've got 4/5...

Nottingham ~ Computer Science ~ B B B ~ Conditional
Keele ~ Computer Science ~ 300 Points ~ Conditional
Bournemouth ~ Computing ~ 300 Points (B in Computing) ~ Conditional

And then the easy local choice...
Wolverhampton ~ Computer Science ~ 160 Points ~ Conditional (LOL, local choice)

[lawrawrrr]

Is anyone else on that yougo website?

[Lost_Addict]

How the hell did you get an Unconditional? ^^

Did you already have the required grades needed?

[Johno]

Is anyone else on that yougo website?

Yeah :) I used it quite a bit last year but not at all this year.

[lawrawrrr]

I just signed up for it, not exactly sure what to do now XD

[LoveToStack]

How the hell did you get an Unconditional? ^^

Did you already have the required grades needed?

In Scotland the main set of exams we do, Highers, are taken and completed over the course of a year. Highers are probably about the same level of difficulty as an AS-level for you guys but the advantage is that all Scottish universities make offers based on Highers (whereas English ones make offers based on complete A-levels).

There are some disadvantages as well though. For example, most Scottish university courses are a year longer than their English counterparts. That said, you can miss out a year in some cases if you have the right Advanced Highers, the next qualification up from highers. To put Advanced Highers in perspective; they earn more UCAS points than an A-level and they are sat over the course of a year, just like highers, so it's the equivalent of sitting an A-level over the course of a year.

Still I prefer the Scottish system of doing things because it means there's a high chance of getting unconditional offers while you're still at school. Meaning I can relax knowing that I'm in and take off a lot of the pressure candidates with conditionals have, but still learn everything that an English candidate is learning (given that I take an Advanced Higher).

[danzooo]

Unconditional for Edinburgh. Heard nothing from Glasgow at all and I got a postcard from St. Andrews last week just to say hello lol.


Wow you must be clever! congrats, a mate of mine got an unconditional for Edinburgh too.

Still nothing on mine however...

[Johno]

still nothing and its starting to get the same as last year - checking constantly, just wanting to hear back!

one of my friends got an unconditional from Edinburgh last year to go and study Architecture :)

[Nicola]

Lincoln - Media Production - Conditional
Lincoln - TV and Film - Conditional
Surrey - Media Studies - Conditional
Coventry - Media Production - Withdrawn

Didn't get my Coventry one as I didn't make an interview as it's my last choice and I got offers from the places I really want to go to.

[Recursion]

Got a letter from Loughborough today saying I should be getting an offer soon and I can go visit 'em in the CS department if I like.

[myke]

Got conditionals from all of my courses, all of which are media production related wahoo

[ben]

bricking it 3 interviews coming up

[jackass]

Anyone going to Nottingham from here?

Be awesome if anyone was! :D

[crave]

interviews @ bournemouth & epsom for graphic design xD

[Andii]

i got 2 of my 5 ucas things back :):):):)

but they are northern ireland unis :)

[Technologic]

1/4 offers for medicine lol

Peninsula - AAA offer (Really wanna go there)
Leeds - (not heard but really wanna go here too)
Nottingham - (not heard but ah well)
Keele - (LOLOLOL. WHAT WAS I THINKING)

[Recursion]

Nottingham - Computer Science (w/ Foundation yr for Maths): Unsuccessful
Hertfordshire - Computer Science: 240 UCAS Points over 3 A Levels
Derby - Computer Science: 220 UCAS Points over 2/3 A Levels
Loughborough - Computer Science (w/ Foundation yr for Maths): Says they will offer me soon
Kent - Computer Science: Still waiting.

I'm hoping to put down Loughborough as my firm and Hertfordshire as my insurance tbh.

[LoveToStack]

Unconditional for Glasgow now as well as Edinburgh.

[danzooo]

just got an unconditional for Edinburgh Napier, so pleased!

[inme]

Hoping for my UEL to come back positive, although I already have conditional offers from Anglia Ruskin for Computer Science and Games & Animation Technologies.

UEL & Kent is where I want to be, neither have replied yet.

[Banana Pancakes]

I've got Manchester, Nottingham and Loughborough, still waiting on my other two.
For Geography.

[Neversoft]

Unconditional for London South Bank, still waiting on Sheffield Hallam, Hertfordshire, Greenwich and East London.

[Banana Pancakes]

just got southampton, one more to go!

[jackass]

Got a letter from Kent today for an interview! But i'm not going. Nottingham all the way. ;)

[ben]

Had my first interview at newport today, nice uni

[Callum.]

rejection from Sheffield today! moved off the idea of going north during the wait anyway, sussex will be fine :)

[Banana Pancakes]

just got Leicester, all 5 achieved!

[Catzsy]

Good luck to all. :)

[kk.]

Nottingham - Computer Science (w/ Foundation yr for Maths): Unsuccessful
Hertfordshire - Computer Science: 240 UCAS Points over 3 A Levels
Derby - Computer Science: 220 UCAS Points over 2/3 A Levels
Loughborough - Computer Science (w/ Foundation yr for Maths): Says they will offer me soon
Kent - Computer Science: Still waiting.

I'm hoping to put down Loughborough as my firm and Hertfordshire as my insurance tbh.

Good luck :) Loughboroughs campus is really quite nice, and the nightlife if you're into that is alright. Not that far of a walk into town either, but i think there is a free bus. PLUS, youll have the Japan and English team training there next year for the Olympics ;) if theres anything you wanna know about the town then just ask away :)

[toffeetongue]

Ooh :D

Um, im off to do Film & TV Production.
Cumbria and Teesside are my main two ones I fancy
I also applied to bedfordshire, but they gave me a really low offer so I'm not too keen now haha
And I also applied for York, but I couldnt get to the interview and i didnt fancy it so i declined and i also declined from Kings College London to do Film Studies :D

[danzooo]

Mines now:

University of Stirling - Still waiting on reply
Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University - Conditional (need a B in Higher Maths)
Edinburgh Napier University - Unconditional
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh - Still waiting on reply
University of Edinburgh - Still waiting on reply

[Johno]

still waiting on everywhere :( my friend heard back from Edinburgh (rejection) which is making me feel a bit more hopeful for it.

[Catzsy]

still waiting on everywhere :( my friend heard back from Edinburgh (rejection) which is making me feel a bit more hopeful for it.

Well I hope everything goes well, Johno. :D

[kk.]

Ooh :D

Um, im off to do Film & TV Production.
Cumbria and Teesside are my main two ones I fancy
I also applied to bedfordshire, but they gave me a really low offer so I'm not too keen now haha
And I also applied for York, but I couldnt get to the interview and i didnt fancy it so i declined and i also declined from Kings College London to do Film Studies :D

Yorks TFTV course sounds really good. Good lecturers, brand new facilities (which im sure the BBC are going to be using at some point). but ah well :P

[Technologic]

WOOOO LEEDS REJECTION. **** YEAH BABY.


dont really care, got an offer for medicine which by todays standards is goooooood going.

1 of 3/10 applicants in my year to get one so yeah baby

[Recursion]

Got my offer from Loughborough! CDD :)

[Callum.]

Congrats! Good luck with it, woulda loved to have gone there.

[Shoe]

Finally got all my offers.
Coventry - Sports Therapy Hons Degree - Conditional DMM
Coventry - Sport and Exercise Therapy Sciences HND - Conditional PPP
University College Birmingham - Sports Therapy Hons Degree - conditional MMM
Stafordshire - Sports Therapy Hons Degree - Interview
Worcester - Sports Therapy Hons Degree - Conditional DMM

Coventry - Sports Therapy Hons Degree - Firm Choice
Coventry - Sport and Exercise Therapy Sciences HND - Insurance Choice

[ben]

conditional after my interview at newport yesss

[inme]

UEL are now responding, my mates have all got their conditional offers - I haven't. Starting to fear the worst, but atleast I have offers to fall back on.

[Neversoft]

Unconditional from both South Bank and Greenwich now. Still waiting on Sheffield Hallam, Hertfordshire and East London.

[Johno]

got a conditional to Glasgow and Dundee (Computer Science - B pass) and an unconditional to Dundee (Applied Computing) :) - Still waiting on two more.

[Recursion]

Anyone else set their firm and insurance yet?

Firm - Loughborough CS with Foundation course
Insurance - Hertfordshire CS

[Soy]

I got offers:


Cardiff UWIC x2 = Accepted
Bristol UWE x2 = Accepted
Birmingham = Declined

going bristol then, heard birmingham is like spot the white person anyway so ..l..

[LoveToStack]

Relevant bump;

Unconditional for St Andrews. Pretty pleased since I know a guy who applied for the same course who also got 5 As and got rejected.

[danzooo]

^Well done, been impressed with your offers so far! clever clogs!

Another update today, to my delight! Heard back from Stirling uni at last. Application now stands:

- University of Stirling: Unconditional
- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh: Conditional (condition is a B in Higher Maths)
- Edinburgh Napier University: Unconditional
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh: Unconditional
- University of Edinburgh:

All are for BA Business Management. Pretty chuffed so far! Wish Edinburgh would hurry up!

[lawrawrrr]

Just got an aberystwyth merit award, which comes with an unconditional offer :D

[Technologic]

firmed my peninsula offer and ive been assigned to the exeter campus.

5 years of medical school here i come..... *suicide*

[Accipiter]

Ooh :D

Um, im off to do Film & TV Production.
Cumbria and Teesside are my main two ones I fancy
I also applied to bedfordshire, but they gave me a really low offer so I'm not too keen now haha
And I also applied for York, but I couldnt get to the interview and i didnt fancy it so i declined and i also declined from Kings College London to do Film Studies :D

You aren't from york are you? o_O

I'm applying for Teeside myself but to do Media Studies rather than the practical side, and I went through with my mate for his interview (applying for the same course as you) and the was someone from york there haha, I was sorting out my late entry and why their Communications & Public relations course wasn't on the website, found out it was for international students haha. But Teeside is a hell of a university by the looks of it.

[tardis101]

I have heard back from all 5 off my offers:
Southampton Solent: Conditional <= Accepted
Lancaster:Conditional <= This is my Insurance
Bucks New University:Declined me
Birmingham City University- Declined me
Cardiff university: declined me cos they dont accept BTEC's :/

so looks like I am going to go to Southampton Solent University in September :-) anybody else going there if so do reply below :P P.S I am going to do criminology.

[Sian]

I logged on specifically because you said Cardiff don't accept BTECs... WHAT? There is nothing wrong with them.

I'm already at uni, but well done on your offers. Though those saying they didn't bother going to an interview because it wasn't their preferred choices, personally I think ya silly and should get yourself as close to those 5 offers as you can but hopefully you'll get where you want to go.

[danzooo]

Finally got my last reply in from Edinburgh uni and this is the final result of endless UCAS track checking for the past 4 months!

University of Stirling - Unconditional
Edinburgh Napier University - Unconditional
Queen Margaret Uni, Edinburgh - Unconditional
Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University - Conditional (wanted a B in Higher Maths)
Edinburgh University - Conditional (wanted 2 Higher A's).

My conditional for Edinburgh was unachievable (only sitting 1 higher this year now after dropping higher maths) so I accepted my unconditional from Queen Margaret! I'm so excited for going!

[Johno]

Dundee - Applied Computing - Unconditional - Insurance
Dundee - Computer Science - Conditional (B pass) - Firm
Edinburgh - Computer Science - Rejected :'(
Edinburgh Napier - Computing (2nd year) - Conditional (A Pass) - Declined
Glasgow - Computer Science - Conditional (B pass) - Declined

Not too bothered in the end, really excited to go to Dundee now. Just waiting on my flat being sorted and then I can get moved out :)

[Charlottay!]

Oxford Brookes - Conditional - Firm
Plymouth University - Conditional - Insurance
Nottingham Trent University - Conditional - Declined
Lancaster University - Conditional - Declined (Grades far too high for me to be realistic so wasn't worth putting as firm)
Aberystwyth University - Conditional - Declined

All for Accounting and Finance

Just submitted my accommodation for brookes as well :D

[Accipiter]

Just got conditionals for 2 of them

Does anyone know if it allowed for a University to offer you a conditional for more UCAS points than it says in the course details on ucas / site?

Just it tells me 240-280 on the site, put my predicted grades down as DDD and now they're saying the conditional is only if I get 360 :S Fair do's I can get it, but they state they're equal on their website. And other students are getting conditional offers on the same courses for less points.

[Sian]

Just got conditionals for 2 of them

Does anyone know if it allowed for a University to offer you a conditional for more UCAS points than it says in the course details on ucas / site?

Just it tells me 240-280 on the site, put my predicted grades down as DDD and now they're saying the conditional is only if I get 360 :S Fair do's I can get it, but they state they're equal on their website. And other students are getting conditional offers on the same courses for less points.

Yeh it is, sounds like because of the way it's been done, that they have a lot of spaces and they accepted you just to fill them (unis are known to do that sometimes). Though they don't expect you to get in so they decide to push up the grades.

[Accipiter]

Surely if I get better grades than those they've offered conditionals too at 240, and they accept them in, it's a bit of a **** system? since im sitting there with 360 ucas points unaccepted and they're getting in with 240 :S

[Technologic]

all depends on your predictions and AS aswell. you do better at AS then they tend to want you more so they lower your offer and vice versa

[kk.]

Oxford Brookes - Conditional - Firm
Plymouth University - Conditional - Insurance
Nottingham Trent University - Conditional - Declined
Lancaster University - Conditional - Declined (Grades far too high for me to be realistic so wasn't worth putting as firm)
Aberystwyth University - Conditional - Declined

All for Accounting and Finance

Just submitted my accommodation for brookes as well :D

what were lancaster offering? last year they wanted me to get AAB (As in maths and economics), then i said well thats impossible cus i cant get my economics up to an A (couldnt resit, was on the old courses), so they said ABB would be fine, and then i asked about the A being in general studies and they said they couldnt guarantee but it shouldntve been a problem.



Just got conditionals for 2 of them

Does anyone know if it allowed for a University to offer you a conditional for more UCAS points than it says in the course details on ucas / site?

Just it tells me 240-280 on the site, put my predicted grades down as DDD and now they're saying the conditional is only if I get 360 :S Fair do's I can get it, but they state they're equal on their website. And other students are getting conditional offers on the same courses for less points.

unfortunately they can. It means that too many people have applied for the course and theyve had to upgrade their boundaries. the people youve spoken to might have had their offer decided a while ago but the uni might not have released them to UCAS. or they want to push you :P

[Accipiter]

Haha they can push me, thats fine, im dedicated to my work. Its just if at the end of it all I don't get DDD under some **** circumstances and, yet get DDM, and people get accepted to the course with mmp, i'll be furious.

[Charlottay!]

what were lancaster offering? last year they wanted me to get AAB (As in maths and economics), then i said well thats impossible cus i cant get my economics up to an A (couldnt resit, was on the old courses), so they said ABB would be fine, and then i asked about the A being in general studies and they said they couldnt guarantee but it shouldntve been a problem.




unfortunately they can. It means that too many people have applied for the course and theyve had to upgrade their boundaries. the people youve spoken to might have had their offer decided a while ago but the uni might not have released them to UCAS. or they want to push you :P

It Was ABB cause it was accounting finance and mathematics. if i wanted to do just accounting and finance i was gonna need AAB. not gonna get those grades! was really surprised when i got my offer as my AS level grades weren't that high

[Accipiter]

Unsuccesful at Abertay because the course filled up :/ I'm actually gutted.

Anyone know if its worth contacting the Uni to ask about possible drop outs etc?

[Lost_Addict]

My firm choice is Lancaster and my reasurance choiceis Sussex

[Johno]

Unsuccesful at Abertay because the course filled up :/ I'm actually gutted.

Anyone know if its worth contacting the Uni to ask about possible drop outs etc?

No harm with getting in contact in my opinion!

[jackass]

Just firmed The University of Nottingham, literally minutes before the deadline. (H)

[Nicola]

Just firmed The University of Nottingham, literally minutes before the deadline. (H)

Haha, talk about leaving it until the last minute!

[jackass]

Haha, talk about leaving it until the last minute!

Too right, that's just how I roll. ;)

[Angel-Light]

Thought this might interest you future first years. The Guardian has recently released the league tables for Uni's in Britain. Just click on the subject you are studying and you can find the Uni :)

Guardian League Tables (http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/university-guide-2012-subjects)

[Rozi]

Thought this might interest you future first years. The Guardian has recently released the league tables for Uni's in Britain. Just click on the subject you are studying and you can find the Uni :)

Guardian League Tables (http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/university-guide-2012-subjects)

ooooooo thank you, been meaning to look this up :)