The Good The Bad & The Ugly

The Good The Bad & The UglyThe Personal Statement

http://ucas.com/students/applying/howtoapply/personalstatement/

The Personal Statementhttp://ucas.com/students/applying/howtoapply/personalstatement/

BIG things to think about

Finance can I afford it (yes you can)

Tariff Point & my predicted grades

Personal Statements - Do i have the evidence & what can I do about it?

Where do I look/find out?

Getting a reference from your teachers

Grades = Tariff Points= BBB

= ABB

= BBC

Tariff PointsCourses ask for points and sometime specific grades

Your predictions are based on your AS results & Module 1 performance

Your predictions are from your teachers

Your UCAS application must list 4 choices that are realistic - we cannot send otherwise, it compromises our future applications

A Level (full 2 years) Tariff PointsAS (the course you dropped) is worth half

E = 40

D = 60

C = 80

B = 100

A = 120

Btec Level 3 Tariff Points Diploma is worth 2 A Levels (ie Music, Perf Arts, Subsidiary Diploma is worth 1 (ie Engineering, ICT Btec)

Pass = 40

Merit = 80

Distinction = 120

Distinction* = 140

eg: M/M = 80 + 80 = 160 tariff points

Informed Choiceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynH9SmxEll8

Russell group - top 24 leading unis

1000’s applicants for 60 places

You CAN get in - if you do the right things

4 weeks over the summer preparing your evidence

The Russell Group Unis

• University of Birmingham

• University of Bristol

• University of Cambridge

• Cardiff University

• Durham University

• University of Edinburgh

• University of Exeter

• University of Glasgow

• Imperial College London

• King's College London

• University of Leeds

• University of Liverpool

• London School of Economics & Political Science

• University of Manchester

• Newcastle University

• University of Nottingham

• University of Oxford

• Queen Mary, University of London

• Queen's University Belfast

• University of Sheffield

• University of Southampton

• University College London

• University of Warwick

• University of York

Be realistic - your grades

Grades = Tariff points

Russell Group are competitive ABB = 320 points

Do you know you Module Report & your predicted grade?

This is your minimum grade expectation of your potential

What has to change?

UCAS TV - how to get started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUdzxXz2th4

You are the admissions tutor

Your challenge

Read through the personal statements

Evidence

What pile would you put these in

4 piles

Definite (Small - 1st offers)

Probable (Larger)

Possible (Huge - fall back)

Rejected (Massive)

Which Pile?

Which Pile?

Which Pile?

What can you do about this by November?

List your evidence - what have you got?

What do you need to be doing?

Challenge to you - what 3 or 4 things have you done towards getting stronger evidence

The NCS Charlton - recognised by UCAS

UCAS Timeline

June 19th UCAS.com apply opens

July 18th Statement & onto ‘UCAS Apply’

Oct 15th Final UCAS Deadline Medics, Vets Oxford Cambridge

Oct 15th Our Final UCAS Deadline

Start your application this Module

How to write it

http://leighpost16progression.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/personal-statements-guide.html

Where do I look?

http://university.which.co.uk/

leighpost16progression.blogspot.co.uk

search.UCAS.com

bestcourse4me.com

You > Subject Teacher(s) > Tutor

Must have reference for all - even courses you are not continuing to Yr13

Your attendance will be mentioned from stats

This is YOUR responsibility to give Teachers the complete reference form