UCAS TIMETLINE 2023/2024
If you are applying for medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, Law or any course at Oxford or Cambridge, you must see your Pastoral Care Teacher immediately as your application is needed much sooner than the dates given below.
You will also need to complete online competency tests for these courses.
UCAT Aptitude tests and LNAT
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August 2023
UCAS process begins. Students should start to fill in their online application form at:
click “register to use Apply 2024”.
Monday 18th September 2023
Deadline for first draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care.
Monday 23rd October 2023
Deadline for second draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care.
Monday 13th November 2023
Deadline for third draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care
Monday 11th December 2023-all forms to be sent to UCAS
UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT
ucas personal statement handout
FILLING IN THE UCAS APPLICATION FORM
- If you are applying for Law you need to sign up and do the LNAT test.
- If you are doing Medicine, vet science etc.. you need to do the UCAT tests.
- When it asks about “nominated access” in Student support section please put in your parents’ details. It is worthwhile filling it in in case they cannot get in contact with you personally.
- Please put in your parents’ occupational backgrounds. If you are the first in your family to go to university then this helps the selectors and will help you get in to university. They want to see people who have progressed and have done well for their family. We keep all these details confidential and I assure you that they will not be discussed.
- Student finance. You will have to apply for student finance.
Fee Code—-02
Student Support Arrangements—Student AA Scotland.
We apply for finance around May/June 2023-they will get in touch with you.
- Activities in preparation for higher education section
Sponsor Focus West Top Up
Start Date November 2023
Duration 10 days
School year S6
Location University of Glasgow
- Education section- see next page to add REACH and ACCESS
Other (UK Qualifications)
Focus West Top Up
Reach or ACCESS can be added here too
- Please don’t click the answer “don’t know” to anything. If you really don’t know, see your PTPC.
Below is the list of Universities and the courses which some of our leavers last year are studying.
| Provider name | Course placed |
| University of Dundee | Gateway to Medicine |
| University of Dundee | Medicine |
| University of Aberdeen | Gateway to Medicine (G2M) |
| University of Strathclyde | Psychology and Counselling |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Diagnostic Imaging |
| The University of Edinburgh | Philosophy |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Law |
| University of Strathclyde | Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting |
| University of Strathclyde | Civil Engineering |
| University of Glasgow | Mechanical Engineering |
| University of Glasgow | English Literature |
| University of Glasgow | Microbiology |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Mechanical Engineering |
| University of Strathclyde | Social Work |
| University of Glasgow | Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics |
| University of Glasgow | Civil Engineering with Architecture |
| University of the West of Scotland | Law |
| University of Strathclyde | Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking |
| University of Strathclyde | Pharmacy |
| University of Glasgow | Mechanical Engineering |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Quantity Surveying |
| University of Strathclyde | Engineering Academy |
| University of Glasgow | Neuroscience |
| University of Strathclyde | Pharmacy |
| University of Glasgow | Immunology |
| University of Glasgow | Medicine |
| University of Glasgow | Medicine |
| University of Glasgow | Medical School Glasgow Access Programme (GAP) |
| University of Strathclyde | Civil Engineering |
| University of Strathclyde | Pharmacy |
| University of Strathclyde | Psychology and Spanish |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Optometry |
| University of Glasgow | Accountancy with Finance |
| University of Glasgow | Psychology |
| University of Glasgow | Business & Management/Spanish |
| University of Glasgow | Scots Law |
| University of Glasgow | Education with Teacher Qualification Primary (Undergraduate) |
| Glasgow School of Art | Architecture |
| University of Strathclyde | Pharmacy |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Quantity Surveying |
| University of Stirling | Software Development with Cyber Security |
| University of the West of Scotland | Biomedical Science |
| University of Glasgow | Accountancy with Finance |
| University of the West of Scotland | Social Sciences |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Optometry |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Optometry |
| University of the West of Scotland | Sports Coaching and Development |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Occupational Therapy |
