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Results Day - What is the earliest time UCAS track will change?

Am I right in saying, that the eve of our results, at midnight we can check to see where we have been accepted to? Meaning we don't HAVE to collect our results in the morning?

Reply 21

BruinsFan91

7

Technically yes. Although you need to collect the certificates. Also the results dont automatically come up, mine didnt arive on UCAS at midnight IIRC It was about 3-4am.

Reply 22

LadySmythe

19

No. UCAS track goes live between 6 and 7am on results morning, and it only tells you if you have been accepted (if an early decision has been made, many students find that track doesn't update until midday!) and it gives no indiciation of your results. You might even meet the offer but still be rejected! (yes mistakes can happen) so I would definatly go and pick up your results.

This thread has more information about Track on results day.

Reply 23

BruinsFan91

7

Yeh i did the whole results thing a few years ago so Im possibly wrong. I thought they went on at midnight.

Reply 24

LadySmythe

19

It updated 6.45am last year.

Reply 25

Swayum

18

This only worked one year (2006?) for a couple of hours and what people say on UCAS was inconsistent with what actually happened the morning after.

So to answer your "midnight question": NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

To answer your "will I know before going in?" - yes, you can find out quite early in the morning.

Reply 26

.Scout.

14

My UCAS updated at about 7am ish last year, but it took me AGES for the page to load etc, i guess it was just crazily busy

Reply 27

BojanglesELF

8

i didnt check last year- but most of my friends who did told me that they appeared at about 7 am ish

Reply 28

J_Alom

whatajoker

Am I right in saying, that the eve of our results, at midnight we can check to see where we have been accepted to? Meaning we don't HAVE to collect our results in the morning?

i think its 6am?

Reply 29

ggonex26

10

I looked at mine about 8 and it was there. Not last year but the year before.

Reply 30

nuodai

17

You can find out before you pick up your results, but definitely not at midnight. I had to wait until almost 8am for mine to update last year, but some people got theirs as early as 7am (or perhaps before). There's no specific time, so don't listen to people who say "it's definitely 6am" or whatever -- it takes a while to update thousands of peoples' UCAS Track pages y'know? :p:

Basically just go to sleep the night before results, and when you wake up it'll probably be updated (provided you don't wake up at stupid o'clock in the morning).

Reply 31

username133326

16

6am for me last year......but of course i got rejected from both my choices so there was no delay on their part

Reply 32

taheki

13

My college claims UCAS told them it won't update until 'mid-morning' this year.

Reply 33

morecambebay

16

When I did my a levels, the uni that I had been accepted to sent me a letter congratulating me on meeting my offer the day before results came out.

Reply 34

Good bloke

19

For an authoritative answer to all these questions, I suggest you read this: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26374900#post26374900

Reply 35

PQ

OP

Clearing and Applications Advisor

21

nuodai

There's no specific time, so don't listen to people who say "it's definitely 6am" or whatever -- it takes a while to update thousands of peoples' UCAS Track pages y'know?

That's not how it works. UCAS freezes Track by disconnecting it from the live database during results week.

On the morning of results day the live database is reconnected.

If your unis have sent decisions to UCAS by the end of the day on Wednesday then those decisions will show on Track when it goes live.

Once Track has gone live (and it tends to be all up and running sometime between 6am and 7am - or at least has done for the last 4 years although UCAS officially aim for 8am) it's then re-frozen for the rest of the morning (to try to keep up with demand from people getting in to see decisions) and then is updated again (all in one go) around lunchtime.

Reply 36

CookieDoughLove

18

Loz17

It updated 6.45am last year.

It was earlier than that :smile:

I was online waiting for my English Language results. And on Facebook peoples statuses were updating about getting into uni at around 5AM.

Maybe it changes based on individuals? :s-smilie:

Reply 37

Good bloke

19

CookieDoughLove

Maybe it changes based on individuals?

Did you not read what PQ posted (or what she posted in the link I provided)?

Reply 38

CookieDoughLove

18

Good bloke

Did you not read what PQ posted (or what she posted in the link I provided)?

Yes...........

Reply 39

katebushfan

13

Good bloke

Did you not read what PQ posted (or what she posted in the link I provided)?

They did read it, however they also said that their friends knew at around 5am. Obviously it doesn't depend on individuals, but maybe it is luck/ connection speed etc.

Either way (to the OP) it doesn't update at midnight, I'd wake up at say 6:30am and check though.

Results Day - What is the earliest time UCAS track will change?

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