UCAS Tracking

[Johno]

Waiting to hear back from all my choices D:

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).