Year 13 Parents’ Information Evening

18th September 2012

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Outline of session

• Post AS examinations - resits

• Workload

• Targets vs predicted grades

• Extracurricular development

• UCAS applications the process

• Making a successful application

• Key dates

Year 12 into Year 13

• Examination results

• Resits

• Timetable

• Change in approach

• Preparing for lessons

You could try reading the following books.

They will all help you understand what you need to do to become successful in the sixth form and beyond.

Ultimately, your success will depend on what you DO, not what you say. Though, what you DO is a reflection of the way you THINK.

All the material in the books will help you become successful in your studies and your wider life.

Workload

• 5 hours / per subject outside of lessons• Managing resits• Part time work• Extra-curricular activities• Work experience / voluntary work• Research – career / UCAS etc• School ambassador commitments• Exam period and coursework / BTEC assignment

deadlines• Social life

Extra-curricular development

• Increasing employability• Work experience / voluntary

work / part time work / supporting clubs / playing sport competitively etc

• Employers wish list

...what can you do? conversations questions listening ideas understanding keep the school

informed

Targets vs predicted grades• Target calculated from prior performance

and contextualised data• Predicted grades – professional judgment• UCAS

Choosing a course

• Stamford test

• Course search

• UCAS tariff

• Subject combination

Making an application

• UCAS online application system called APPLY

• Four choices - medicine, veterinary science, dentistry

• One choice - Oxford or Cambridge

• All other courses - five choices

How do institutions make a decision on who to give offers to?

• Predicted grades and all entry requirements satisfied• GCSE results• AS grades and number of resits• Reference• Personal statement• Quality of application• Interview• Extra assessments BMAT / UKCAT / Step exams etc• Contextual data

How to apply?

• On line application system – easy! How to Apply

• Cost

• Number of applications - £12 or £23?

• Personal statement

• Reference

• Timeline

Student finance and results

•Results day Thursday 15th August 2013

•Clearing & Adjustment

The Steps

• Choosing course• Applying• Offers (UCAS extra)• Student finance england online application• Results• Next steps (clearing and adjustment)• Starting university / college

Key Dates

• 15th October 2012 - deadline Oxbridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary science

• Approx. 15th January 2013 - deadline for all other applications (apart from some Art & Design courses with 24th March 2013 deadline)

• 30th June 2013 - applications entered after this date go straight into clearing

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