UCAS

Bellahouston Academy UCAS 2021-22 Timeline

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      __________________________________________

August 2021 UCAS process begins. Students should start to fill in their online application form at:

https://www.ucas.com/what-are-my-options/create-your-ucas-hub-today

Please click “register to use Apply 2022”.

  • Friday 17th September 2021

Deadline for first draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care.

  • Friday 22nd October 2021

Deadline for second draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care.

  • Friday 19th November  2021

Deadline for third draft of personal statement to be given to PT Pastoral Care

Friday 3rd December 2021-all forms to be sent to UCAS

 

FILLING IN THE UCAS APPLICATION FORM

  1. If you are applying for Law you need to sign up and do the LNAT test.
  2. If you are doing Medicine, vet science etc.. you need to do the UCAT tests.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 2022-they will get in touch with you.

  1. Activities in preparation for higher education section

Sponsor                         Focus West Top Up

Start Date                     November 2021

Duration                       10 days

School year                  S6

Location                        University of Glasgow

 

  1. 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

 

  1. Please don’t click the answer “don’t know” to anything. If you really don’t know, see your PTPC.

 

UCAS POWERPOINT 2022

applying-through-ucas-2022

 

Adding the Reach programme to your UCAS application for 2022 entry

It is important to mention that you are participating on the Reach Programme on your UCAS application!

The Reach Programme can be mentioned in two sections of your application:

  1. Education
  2. Personal Statement
  3. In this section list the schools you have attended then click on ‘> add qualifications’ and add all of your School qualifications as you have them.

Once you have added all of your School qualifications, add your Reach qualification.

  • Click “add qualification” and type “other” into the search box at the top
  • Choose “Other (UK Qualification)”

Type the details of the course manually in this section:

    • Subject / title:            Reach Programme
    • Qualification date:                June 2022
    • Awarding organisation:       UofG
    • Result:                                    <leave blank> if no drop down list or                                                  choose ‘Pending’ if there is one.

Note: If you are reapplying to one of the Reach professions then your qualification date will be ‘June 2016’ or earlier depending on when you left school and the result would be ‘Pass’

If you are experiencing problems or are unsure about any field click on the  box for further information or e-mail us at reach@glasgow.ac.uk

  1. Personal Statement. It is important that you write about your involvement and what you have gained from taking part in the Reach programme in your personal statement.

 

Adding the Access to a Career programme to your UCAS application for 2022 entry

It is important to mention that you are participating on the Access to a Career programme on your UCAS application!

The Access to a Career programme can be mentioned in two sections of your application:

  1. Education
  2. Personal Statement
  1. In this section list the schools you have attended then click on ‘> add qualifications’ and add all of your School qualifications as you have them.

Once you have added all of your School qualifications, add your Access qualification.

  • Click “add qualification” and type “other” into the search box at the top
  • Choose “Other (UK Qualification)”

Type the details of the course manually in this section:

    • Subject / title:            Access to a Career programme
    • Qualification date:                June 2022
    • Awarding organisation:       UofG
    • Result:                                    <leave blank> if no drop down list or                                                  choose ‘Pending’ if there is one.

If you are experiencing problems or are unsure about any field click on the box for further information.

  1. Personal Statement. It is important that you write about your involvement and what you have gained from taking part in the Access to a Career programme in your personal statement.

2021 Bellahouston Academy Leavers – University destinations

Below is the list of Universities and the courses which some of our leavers this year will be 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