Once you have chosen which universities to reach out to, you should get in touch via online chat or the phone. An Advisor will usually be in touch within 20 minutes. However, universities are well equipped to manage a high volume of students getting in touch - so this step should take no longer than 20 minutes at most, and a couple of minutes at least. What grades have you achieved?
What are your UCAS details? During this conversation, you may receive a verbal offer within a few minutes. However, if you have mixed qualifications you should expect this conversation to take a little longer.
Another reason a phone conversation may take longer is if you have more questions about the course or the university. Once you have received a verbal offer over the phone, you will receive an email confirming what you need to do next.
The email will arrive within the hour, and will advise you to refer yourself through UCAS track within five days. However, you cannot refer yourself through Track until after pm on Results Day. Once you have referred yourself, this will need to be downloaded onto our system from UCAS. At this point, your details will be confirmed by a member of staff, and confirmation that your details are accurate will be sent to UCAS immediately.
Lists of vacancies are continually updated so keep checking the Ucas website, using the search tool. You should then contact the universities you are interested in directly to explore your options. Just like your original applications, it is important you make the right choice for you so give it careful thought and visit the university if you can.
This is an option you might want to explore. Most universities list the courses they expect to have available through clearing early before results day , so start researching your options early, and be proactive.
Make sure you know how long you have to make your decision — ask if you are not sure. Above all, at any time in the next eight months, speak out if you need help or advice.
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Advice on how to perform your absolute best in interviews can be found on individual University websites. Again, the time taken to make offers to applicants after the interviewing process is dependent on the University and how it chooses to operate.
For example, if you are applying to Cambridge University, you can find advice on interviews here. The way in which the timeline for applicants varies should also be considered between Universities. Unfortunately, you will not hear from Cambridge about their decision until January the end of January at the latest , so it can feel like a long wait! Another example of a University who conduct interviews is Oxford University. Again, advice on interviews can be found here.
The latest that they can respond to applicants is the in early May. If all of your University choice have replied to your application by the end of March, the UCAS deadline for responding to your offers is in May. However, allowances are obviously made for students who have not received all of their offers by this date. You cannot respond to your University offers until all of them have been made, and so it is important that you are patient. You can withdraw your application if you would like, but I would not recommend doing so.
For those students who have not heard from all their Universities by the end of March, you will have to be patient! The same is true when you have receive an offer. UCAS will email you to let you know that there has been a change to your application, and when you log onto UCAS Track, your application and offer details will be available to you. UCAS Track will show you all of the details of your offer.
These may include:. Additionally, Universities may get in contact with you directly via email to let them know you have an offer, and to promote their University further and provide you with any additional information which you may need. Some Universities also invite you to offer holder days, where you can visit the University and find out more about your course.
Universities receive your results a few days before Results Day, which ensures that they can see whether you have met their grade entry requirements or not. This means that UCAS Track can be updated accordingly, and the information about your hopefully confirmed University place can be available to you on the morning of results day. Do keep in mind that UCAS Track often crashes on results day because of the high volume of students trying to access their offers.
However, Universities will also often email you to confirm your place on their courses, and this should occur on results day. If you would like to find out more information about when Universities confirm your place, take a look at this useful article , which will provide you with more detailed information about the final part of your University application process.
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