Okay, as mentioned previously - I have had so many troubles with UCAS and applying to my universities. So here is my guide to getting it sorted if you are doing A Levels!
"Personal Details"
This is probably the easiest bit, it's quite self explanatory! However at one point you will get to the "Student Support" section. Selecting the 'FEE CODE' is very complicated, well it probably isn't but I found it was! These are the options:
01 Private finance
02 LEA/SAAS/NIBd/EU/Chl/IoM
04 Research councils
05 DH/Regional Health
06 UKL govt osea award
07 Training agency
08 Other UK govt award
09 Overseas Agency
10 UK Industry/commerce
90 Other Source
99 Not Known
Basically, to put it bluntly - if you are British and live in the UK, you select "02 LEA/SAAS/NIBd/EU/Chl/IoM" and then that sections done!
"Additional Information"
You shouldn't have any problem with this, it's easy!
"Student Finance"
Most of you will probably want to apply for Student Finance, so again this is self explanatory!
"Choices"
This is the easiest when you know what 5 universities you would like to select, unless like me and you liked lot's and have to choose! Always have your course details and University page up on another tab when completing this, it makes it so much easier! You may find when searching for some courses, that there is two - unless you are taking a sandwich year (Gap year in the middle of University) always select the one that ends in (QW34). If you are wanting to take a Gap Year before University then when it asks about 'Deferred Entry' click 'yes'
"Education"
This was easily the most hardest thing for me, considering today I was running all over college looking for answers but if you are entering an AS Level it is called: GCE Advanced Subsidiary (first award 2001)
You still HAVE to include your A2 levels that you are taking: GCE Advanced Level but just select the grade as "Pending"
"Employment"
Self-explanatory
"Personal Statement"
Basically, you are allowed up to 4,000 CHARACTERS or 47 lines - I can inform you now that Word is very much different to UCAS, I used my 4,000 characters but then it told me I was over the 47 line limit - now my personal statement fits it is "3732 characters with spaces" and 658 words. However, on word it is only 44 lines on UCAS it is 47. Just a warning.
"View All Details"
Don't ignore this page, check every little detail! If it's all ready then OFF YOU GO!
Good Luck! Hope this helped!
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Do what You want, not what your parents want.
So, again it's been a long time since I've posted but I always come back! Like a dog, I'm not saying I'm a dog - though my hair can look like one sometimes. Wait, let's just rephrase that:
So, again it's been a long time since I've posted but I always come back like a boomerang!
That's better, anyway back to business.
Recently, I have been helping direct/block the staging for our college production "Chicago" and I got told something off one of the leads yesterday which shocked me quite a bit. It also reminded me of myself when choosing Year 9 GCSE options, which I think I may have spoke about before earlier in my blog posts.
This girl who plays one of the leads, is one of the most talented, dedicated, musical actors I have ever come across. She is also in my LAMDA class, but it came to my attention yesterday that she is not taking Theatre Studies. My initial reaction was how could this girl NOT take theatre studies with how talented she actually is?! I found out that she had a huge debate with her parents about it, and she wanted to stay focused on Law and therefore could not take Theatre Studies. Although Law is something she wants to do, I find it upsetting she couldn't have her hobby besides her ambition.
In Year 9, when I was deciding my options I wanted to do Art, Drama and then I had to pick a language as it was compulsory. However, my Mum and my Grandad really wanted me to do Triple Science as I had been selected to be able to do it and it would set me aside from others in the future. So eventually, I decided to pick it instead of Art - this had a huge impact on me in Year 10. Although my teacher was FAB, I could engage in the subject as I wasn't interested in it whatsoever, this began to show in my grades the first year. In my mock exams I continually kept getting 'E's'. As I hadn't ever received an E before, this really upset me, so much my teacher had to ring home to tell my mum that it was only a mock and everyone can't do well straight away. This was my wake up call! Although I really didn't want to do Triple Science, I didn't want to fail 3 GCSE's as a consequence - I bucked my ideas up and received a 'B' for all three.
The point I'm making is, I chose to do Science for the sake for my family wanting me to do it. It is now a big help in college but my future ambitions do not include Science, and neither does college apart from the Social Science: Psychology. When it comes to your future, please do not allow your parents, friends or anybody else change your decisions and beliefs because your ambition is YOURS and nobody should be able to take that away from you. Whether it's an actor or a lawyer, a musician or a scientist - do what YOU want to do.
So, again it's been a long time since I've posted but I always come back like a boomerang!
That's better, anyway back to business.
Recently, I have been helping direct/block the staging for our college production "Chicago" and I got told something off one of the leads yesterday which shocked me quite a bit. It also reminded me of myself when choosing Year 9 GCSE options, which I think I may have spoke about before earlier in my blog posts.
This girl who plays one of the leads, is one of the most talented, dedicated, musical actors I have ever come across. She is also in my LAMDA class, but it came to my attention yesterday that she is not taking Theatre Studies. My initial reaction was how could this girl NOT take theatre studies with how talented she actually is?! I found out that she had a huge debate with her parents about it, and she wanted to stay focused on Law and therefore could not take Theatre Studies. Although Law is something she wants to do, I find it upsetting she couldn't have her hobby besides her ambition.
In Year 9, when I was deciding my options I wanted to do Art, Drama and then I had to pick a language as it was compulsory. However, my Mum and my Grandad really wanted me to do Triple Science as I had been selected to be able to do it and it would set me aside from others in the future. So eventually, I decided to pick it instead of Art - this had a huge impact on me in Year 10. Although my teacher was FAB, I could engage in the subject as I wasn't interested in it whatsoever, this began to show in my grades the first year. In my mock exams I continually kept getting 'E's'. As I hadn't ever received an E before, this really upset me, so much my teacher had to ring home to tell my mum that it was only a mock and everyone can't do well straight away. This was my wake up call! Although I really didn't want to do Triple Science, I didn't want to fail 3 GCSE's as a consequence - I bucked my ideas up and received a 'B' for all three.
The point I'm making is, I chose to do Science for the sake for my family wanting me to do it. It is now a big help in college but my future ambitions do not include Science, and neither does college apart from the Social Science: Psychology. When it comes to your future, please do not allow your parents, friends or anybody else change your decisions and beliefs because your ambition is YOURS and nobody should be able to take that away from you. Whether it's an actor or a lawyer, a musician or a scientist - do what YOU want to do.
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