
How to Complete Your UCAS Application 2019 Entry
Beryl Dixon(Author)
Trotman Education (Publisher)
30th Edition
Published on 1. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-911067-86-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The UCAS application can seem daunting and unfamiliar. It's your chance to impress admissions tutors and secure a place to study for the next three or more years. Yet, students often miss out on a place at their first-choice university simply because their UCAS application fails to make the right impact on admissions tutors.
This book breaks the UCAS process down into straightforward steps for you with instructions, screen shots, advice and tips throughout, so that you know exactly what to do, to ensure you make a successful application.
Featuring case studies from current studies, and written in association with UCAS, this 30th edition offers fully updated information on:
Choosing the right university and course for you
How to successfully navigate the UCAS Apply system
How to make your personal statement stand out
Important deadlines not to miss
Information on current fees, funding and bursaries
Preparing for interviews and what to expect in aptitude tests
What to do if you don't get the grades you need.
Founded in 1973, MPW, a group of independent sixth-form colleges, has one of the highest number of university placements each year of any independent school in the UK and has developed considerable expertise in the field of applications strategy. They author the Getting into Guides, which explain the application process for many popular university subjects.There is also a specialist guide on Oxford & Cambridge entrance.
This book breaks the UCAS process down into straightforward steps for you with instructions, screen shots, advice and tips throughout, so that you know exactly what to do, to ensure you make a successful application.
Featuring case studies from current studies, and written in association with UCAS, this 30th edition offers fully updated information on:
Choosing the right university and course for you
How to successfully navigate the UCAS Apply system
How to make your personal statement stand out
Important deadlines not to miss
Information on current fees, funding and bursaries
Preparing for interviews and what to expect in aptitude tests
What to do if you don't get the grades you need.
Founded in 1973, MPW, a group of independent sixth-form colleges, has one of the highest number of university placements each year of any independent school in the UK and has developed considerable expertise in the field of applications strategy. They author the Getting into Guides, which explain the application process for many popular university subjects.There is also a specialist guide on Oxford & Cambridge entrance.
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Edition
30th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Trotman Indigo Publishing Limited
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-911067-86-3 (9781911067863)
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Beryl Dixon is an experienced careers adviser, who also writes for YouCan, UCAS's magazine for A-Level students.
Content
Foreword
Introduction
Part I. In the think tank
Chapter 1 Is higher education right for you?
Chapter 2 Looking to the future: career routes
Chapter 3 A matter of money
Chapter 4 Choosing what to study
Chapter 5 Choosing where to study
Chapter 6 Academic requirements
Part II. The admissions procedure: applications, interviews, offers and beyond
Chapter 7 Applications and offers
Chapter 8 Non-standard applications
Chapter 9 Interviews and selection
Chapter 10 Exam results and afterwards
Part III. Using Apply to submit your UCAS application
Chapter 11 Introducing Apply
Chapter 12 Personal details
Chapter 13 Additional information
Chapter 14 Choices
Chapter 15 Education
Chapter 16 Employment
Chapter 17 Personal statement
Chapter 18 Finishing off
Chapter 19 Troubleshooting
Glossary
Appendix: A note for staff on Apply
Introduction
Part I. In the think tank
Chapter 1 Is higher education right for you?
Chapter 2 Looking to the future: career routes
Chapter 3 A matter of money
Chapter 4 Choosing what to study
Chapter 5 Choosing where to study
Chapter 6 Academic requirements
Part II. The admissions procedure: applications, interviews, offers and beyond
Chapter 7 Applications and offers
Chapter 8 Non-standard applications
Chapter 9 Interviews and selection
Chapter 10 Exam results and afterwards
Part III. Using Apply to submit your UCAS application
Chapter 11 Introducing Apply
Chapter 12 Personal details
Chapter 13 Additional information
Chapter 14 Choices
Chapter 15 Education
Chapter 16 Employment
Chapter 17 Personal statement
Chapter 18 Finishing off
Chapter 19 Troubleshooting
Glossary
Appendix: A note for staff on Apply