{"id":508,"date":"2015-07-29T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T13:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T11:16:01","slug":"ucas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/options-post-school\/higher-education\/ucas\/","title":{"rendered":"UCAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Universities and Colleges Admissions Service in the UK<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>getting started advice &#8211;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/ucas\/undergraduate\/ucas-undergraduate-getting-started\">UCAS GETTING STARTED<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>search for courses &#8211;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/ucas\/16-18-choices\/getting-started\/doing-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doing research<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>you lust login in to UCAS and enter personal information<\/li>\n<li>you must choose 5 courses<\/li>\n<li>one of the 5 courses should be a backup (where you already have the entry requirements)<\/li>\n<li>you must write\u00a0a personal statement<\/li>\n<li>your school will write a school reference to send along with your application<\/li>\n<li>when you <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>submit<\/strong><\/span> your application you are sending it to the school &#8211; your school sends your application once you have checked it and paid the UCAS fee.<\/li>\n<li>you should only apply to courses and universities which you are willing to accept if offered a place (don&#8217;t waste a choice or risk having to turn down a place you don&#8217;t want due to location etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Guide to UCAS: \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/corporate\/about-us\/who-we-are\/ucas-terms-explained\">UCAS terms explained<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Guide for applicants:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/\">https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Information for parents:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/?tile=tile-351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parents\/guardians tile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/file\/101806\/download?token=2DHk4PXV\">Parents guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.ucas.com\/parents-signup\">Parents newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucasdigital.com\/widgets\/parents_tool\/index.html#\/journey\">The application journey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universities and Colleges Admissions Service in the UK getting started advice &#8211;\u00a0UCAS GETTING STARTED search for courses &#8211;\u00a0doing research you lust login in to UCAS and enter personal information you must choose 5 courses one of the 5 courses should be a backup (where you already have the entry requirements) you must write\u00a0a personal statement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/options-post-school\/higher-education\/ucas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UCAS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3233,"featured_media":0,"parent":621,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2021,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/2021"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}