UCAS Registration 2011

UCAS APPLY The Electronic Process Please ask questions if you need to

FIRST STEPS • Apply for your UCASCARD [if you haven’t already done so] • Register by going to www.ucas.com • Register on APPLY 2012 • EVEN IF you’ll be a PQA [this is your chance to ‘play at’ making an application, so use the opportunity]

REGISTER FIRST

HAVE A LOOK AT UCAStv AT SOME POINT

GO TO STUDENT MENU

The screen layout may vary a little from year to year

YOU CAN’T LOG-IN STRAIGHT AWAY. Go to ‘REGISTER’

MOST SCREENS HAVE A ‘NEXT’ OPTION FOR NAVIGATION, BUT YOU CAN USE THE TOUR/ TV OPTION IF YOU GET MUDDLED.

IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED FOR A UCASCARD IN JANUARY, YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS SHOULD BE STORED IN THE SYSTEM. [Sometimes you have to re-enter them anyway!]

YOUR ANSWERS TO THE SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE UNIQUELY YOURS. MAKE A NOTE!

IMPORTANT! WHETHER

THIS YEAR OR PQA, USE YOUR TUTOR. NB: We can’t process applications unless you do this

ESSENTIAL!

SPUD2012 SPUD2012

THE ‘BUZZWORD’ IS CASE SENSITIVE & HAS NO SPACES At a later stage, You’ll need to find THE RIGHT King Edward VI school, and the exam centre number [58625] should appear

Hmmm… Obvious, of course!

IF THIS SCREEN ACCEPTANCE DOESN’T APPEAR – CHECK WITH YOUR SESSION LEADER BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER

WHETHER APPLYING FOR THIS YEAR, DEFERRED OR PQA, YOU NEED TO KEEP

TUTOR

YOUR INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF YOUR APPLICATION.

Select your tutor group

YOU HAVE TO ‘SIGN’ THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE UCAS REGULATIONS

USE THE MENU ON THE LH SIDE TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN THE SIX SECTIONS YOU NEED TO COMPLETE. DO NOT COMPLETE THE PAY/SEND SECTION UNTIL YOUO ARE READY TO DO SO – YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR APPLICATION ONCE YOU’VE PAID

UNLESS YOU ARE NOT A UK CITIZEN, USE THE

LEA/ O2 CODE DEFAULT [££££ implications]

AS

Student Finance • Once you have indicated ‘EU/UK National’, you will automatically have access to Student Finance UK. • You can share your information with the student Loans company and receive automatic reminders from them concerning applications for finance.

Don’t forget to save!

Your changes need to be Saved after each session.

OPTIONAL INTRUSIVE Questions Parental education Do any of your parents, step-parents or guardians have any Higher Education qualifications, such as a degree, diploma or certificate of higher education?

Occupational background*

“If you are under 21, give the occupation of your parent, step-parent or guardian who earns the most. If he or she is retired or unemployed, give their most recent occupation. If you are 21 or over, please give your own occupation.”

For all nosy questions -

YOU CAN WRITE: ‘I PREFER NOT TO SAY’

Compulsory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Before leaving this section please click 'save' to avoid losing any information. When you have finished all the entries please click on 'section completed' and 'save'.

Ethnic origin*

National identity*

E-mail confirmation If you opt to have information sent to you by e-mail, you will need to confirm your e-mail address and you will receive your log-in user name after your e-mail address has been confirmed.

You can use your school e-mail account to do this and then alter your e-mail address once you are at home.

Alternatively, if you have an i-phone or blackberry, you will be able to confirm your personal details whilst you are in the IT rooms

Discretion • What is your e-mail address?

• What does it convey to an admissions tutor?

NB: dippyditzyblonde@btinternet.com hotballs@yahoo.com Passwords Security questions

PASSPORT DETAILS This section of the form may need to be completed at home.

You’ll need: Passport number Issue date Expiry date Place of issue

FIVE CHOICES UNLESS MEDIC /DENTIST/ VET/ NURSE, IN WHICH CASE JUST FOUR. YOU DON’T HAVE TO COMPLETE ALL. EVENTUALLY JUST C F AND C I

YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL YOUR COURSE CHOICES - TRY TO BE CONSISTENT

THE HARDEST BIT. 47 LINES, APPROX 650 WORDS. DON’T PASTE/INSERT UNTIL IT’S BEEN CHECKED BY

YOU & BY YOUR

TUTOR

[NOT REALLY FAIR TO ASK ANYONE ELSE AT SCHOOL]

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ULTIMATELY,

ERRORS OF WRITTEN ENGLISH MUST BE AVOIDED – YOU CAN ONLY WEAKEN YOUR CASE. DO NOT USE BULLET POINTS IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT. You need to write with conviction and as much ‘flair’ as you can muster – especially for subjects that will involve communication skills.

Plagiarism and UCAS Policy

A word of warning You can ‘buy’ personal statements, but as you have to sign to say that everything on the form is true and in your original words, you would be lying if you used such a system.

Please do not.

Universities have software that can detect plagiarism and we know of one candidate who was refused a place on the basis of his dishonesty

GCSE GRADES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD. REMEMBER THAT A2 GRADES ARE PENDING BUT NEED TO BE INCLUDED.

UNIT GRADES ARE NOT REQUIRED AS

MUSIC GRADES CARRY UCAS POINTS. OTHER EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE INCLUDED WHERE POSSIBLE. [SEE EXAMPLE]

AS and A2 • Eventually you will be able to enter those of your AS grades that you decide to ‘cash-in’ • RE-SITS are PENDING results = obvious to HE institutions. Think about the implications • Your A level PREDICTED GRADES will be reviewed immediately AFTER your AS grades are published

GCSEs & EXAMINATION BOARDS • Your HE session leader has a list of all the examination boards that are relevant

• These lists will be issued to tutors for display in group base

Education • If you are ‘new’ into the VI Form, remember to select your previous school for your GCSE qualifications and ‘add’ this school for your pending AS and A level subjects • Remember that a great many qualifications may need to be searched for under the dropdown menu of ‘other qualifications’

ONCE ALL SECTIONS ARE COMPLETE, YOU CAN REVIEW THE ENTIRE APPLICATION

Try out all sections NOW – so any problems can be sorted before the summer vacation • MAY BE ‘BLIPS’ • ENSURE YOU’RE LOGGING ON TO the RIGHT YEAR of ENTRY • SYSTEM CAN OVERLOAD – TRY TO BE PATIENT • AVOID LOGGING-IN TWICE • ACCESS FROM HOME – BUT IT’S YOUR APPLICATION [Access issues]

Any Questions?

RMG

Please remember that the rest of the school is ‘in session’

Groups & Rooms……

S12 S4 and S11

go to IT1

with

NL

S10 S7 and S15

go to L11

with

MGK

S14 S21 and S20

go to H4

with

NDC/SE

S1 S5 S17 and S19

go to IT5

with

SDG

S16 S8 and S6

go to IT6

with

GSH/VAG

S2 S3 and S22

go to L4

with

MC-F/RJC

S18 S9 and S13

go to IT4

with

RJLW