1. UCAS Open Evening 10 th February 2015

2. Annabel Thompson Head of Careers

3. UCAS Timeline  15 OCT: Deadline for Oxbridge, Veterinary, Med/Sci, Dentistry Applications  15 JAN: Deadline for applications to be guaranteed for consideration  28 FEB: ‘UCAS EXTRA’ begins to post places for those without offers or who have changed their mind.  24 MAR: Some Art and Design courses  31 MAR: university offer deadline  END OF APR / EARLY MAY (in most cases): students must inform UCAS of their FIRM and INSURANCE offer 3

4. Lincoln Minster School UCAS Internal Deadline Mon 2 Nov 2015 4

5.  Online Higher Education Application  Create Individual profile  List top 10 universities  Useful websites linked to courses  Advice for students planning their personal statement  Misconceptions about the course  Interview advice and questions  Reasons for rejection  Careers  Employment statistics  Number of applicants per places 5

6. What is LMS doing to prepare students  Centigrade  Tutorials with form tutors  Encourage work experience / NCS  Interview workshops  One to one career interviews  Higher Education and Futures programme 8-10 Jun 2015 6

7. Simon King Assistant Head of 6 th Form

8. UCAS Reference Work experience Personal Statement

9. UCAS Reference  This is written by your tutor  Towards the end of the summer term your subject references are written  Referee will use these plus your personal statement and personal knowledge of you  Referee will try to tailor the reference to the subject you are applying for

10. UCAS reference - content  Personal qualities  Attendance  Punctuality  Relationships with teachers and peers  Behaviour  Subject content including predicted grades  Extra-curricular, interests, hobbies  Work experience  Career plans  Recommendation for the course

11.  UCAS limit the reference to 4,000 characters / 47 lines

12. Work Experience  Particularly important for certain HE courses such as Medicine and Veterinary Science  For some subjects, EPQ and/or further reading will be seen as more significant  You are responsible for organising this:- – Use school, family or friends contacts – Make contact as early as possible – Be specific about what you want to get from it – Don’t forget that the employers are doing you a favour  Must be completed by Summer 2015 where possible  Make sure you gain a written reference from each placement

13. Personal Statement  Your opportunity to stand out from the crowd  It helps universities to differentiate between good and excellent candidates  Do seek help in writing it but ultimately it should be ‘your own voice’  Does it make a difference?  The Assistant Registrar for Undergraduate Admissions from University of Warwick says: 'For highly competitive courses which attract applications from many more candidates than there are places, comparing all applicants' personal statements helps us to identify the most committed and suitable candidates.'

14. Personal statement - content  Understanding of the course  Enthusiasm for your subject  Self-awareness (strengths & qualities)  Motivation and commitment  Relevant transferrable skills (leadership, essay writing)  Relevant achievements  Work experience / further reading in the subject  What you hope to gain from the course  Future plans beyond university

15. Personal Statement  Your responsibility  Written by you with our support  A significant part of your application  May be used to support your application if you don’t quite get the grades  Produce a decent draft over the summer holidays once work experience has been done

16. Nicholas Boot Assistant Head of 6 th Form

17. UCAS – preparing your application

18.  Early Entry applications - 15 October – Oxbridge – Medicine – Dentistry – Veterinary science – Oxbridge – CUKAS – 1 October – Music conservatoires Early entry applications

19.  Admissions tests – Oxbridge (especially Oxford) – Law: LNAT – Medicine and dentistry: BMAT, UKCAT – Maths at Cambridge, UCL and Warwick – STEP – Miscellaneous …  Check the dates …  See the UCAS Admissions tests pages for more detail. Admissions tests

20. Google: UCAS admissions tests

21. Look for practice tests

22.  June / July year 12, ‘formative’ interview  October year 13, ‘mock’ interviews  Online examples Interview practice

23. Highly competitive applications

24. 24 Maths

25. Music

26. Engineering

27. Medicine

28. History

29. Paul Norman Head of 6 th Form

30. Finalising Applications  Student finishes Application – Pay & Send  Tutor checks and finalises Reference – takes a few days  Student meets with me – proof & predicted grades. Application and Reference can still be edited  Sent to UCAS – await offers (hours to months) through email and “Track”  Mock interviews if student invited to university  Extra, Clearing & Adjustment  Questions for speakers