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Undergraduate 2021 entry

Click Apply

Press Register and then Next

Terms and conditions

Tick the box and press next

Initial DetailsFill in your information

Postal Address

Select right address and next

Personal detailsMobile and Email Address

Use personal email address not college email

What updates you wish to receive and

how you wish UCAS to contact you

Select as appropriate to you

SecurityNote your answers in your phone or

write them down you will need these throughout the UCAS process

SuccessNote down your username

Log in now

How are you applying?

Through my school/college

Buzzword: Wyke 2021

Yes and Next

Tutor groupPlease select from the following list if none apply to you at this time put don’t know - in September we will move you in to your tutor group

Welcome to your application

• Note down your 10 digit personal ID.

• Watch apply 2021 video shown on the screen

• Verify email - you should have received an email from enquiries@ucas.ac.uk (check junk mail if it has not appeared in your inbox)

mailto:enquiries@ucas.ac.uk

Checklist

• There is a tick box for each section of your UCAS application.

• You can save and come back to a section at any point, until your application is sent to UCAS.

•ONLY tick a section is complete when ALL the information has been inputted.

Filling in your application formYour application can be done in 3 stages:

Stage 1

• Personal details• Additional Information• Student Finance • Employment

Stage 2

• Education

Stage 3

• Choices• Personal Statement

• Stage 1 is all your details that are unlikely to change so this should be relatively straight forward and can be completed in around 30 minutes.

• Stage 2 is best to complete with your GCSE certificates and your college programme information.

• Stage 3 should be completed once you have done all your research on universities and made your final 5 choices. Your personal statement should only be copied and pasted into UCAS once your tutor has checked your statement and said it is ready!

Personal Details

• Personal –All asterisks (*) must be filled in

• Reference numbers –Not essential to fill in

• Passport details –Only applies to students whose permanent residence is outside the EU

• Student support –Majority of you will be taking out a student loan fee code 02. Students who are financing university privately fee code 01

•Nominated access –IMPORTANT: Gives someone else access to your application who can discuss your application if you are unavailable

• Disability/special needs –Choose from the category and give details of any special needs

Additional InformationAll asterisks (*) must be filled in• Ethnic Origin•National Identity•Occupational background

Preferred to be filled in• Have you been in care?• Parental education

Activities in preparation for higher education•Not open days• Summer schools• Taster days• Subject masterclass

Student Finance

•Tick the box to say you have read the Student Finance details.

Employment

• Add any paid employment you have done.• Employer name: Is the name of the

workplace not your managers name.• You will need start and finish dates.

Education• You will add 2 institutions - Secondary school and College. (If you have attended more

than one then add that too with the right dates.)

• Institution dates - September -June and the corresponding years.

• Secondary school qualification examples:• GCSE• GCSE Short Course• OCR Level ½ Cambridge Nationals• OCR National First Award• NVQ Certificate

• College qualification examples:GCE Advanced Level• Extended Project (Level 3)• BTEC Certificate(QCF)• BTEC Subsidiary Diploma (QCF)• BTEC Diploma (QCF)• BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF)• WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate in Criminology• WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma in Criminology

ChoicesYou have 5 choices – don’t waste them!

Do your research:• Course• City• Campus (Accommodation)• Career • Cost

You can apply to the same institution for different courses. It is ideal that they are a similar type of course.• Psychology BSc • Psychology and Counselling BSc • Sport and Psychology

Personal Statement

•Do not write your personal statement straight into UCAS.

•Word document first - 4000 characters •Draft to tutor for checking

• Final statement copy and paste in to the box.

View Details, Check then Pay and Send• This is for you to CHECK your application against the checklist that is in the tutor

office.• It is your responsibility to make sure all the information you have provided is

correct.• You will need to print off a copy of your application attach the checklist and hand it

in to your tutor for their check.

•Once your tutor has checked your application form and it ready to pay and send -hand your application in to reception.• You will then need to log in to UCAS and pay and send your application• You will need a debit or credit card.• Your form will then be sent to the college system for us to do the final checks and

add your academic reference and predicted grades before sending on to UCAS.