[chocolatethundah]

Hey,

It seems that we can only add our clearing choices if we already know that the university may consider us and are aware? Does this mean that I am going to have to call the uni up and apply over the phone, then on 7th august clearing starts. In the clearing period, only then can I put them as a clearing choice? sorry if i didnt make sense, im nervous and over thinking!

thanks!!!!!!!

[Samus2]

Yeah.... you have to phone up the uni and talk to them
they will offer you a conditional place on the phone.

You then need to apply via track and they will accept you on there.
It took my uni about 5 days to accept me on track though

[chocolatethundah]

(Original post by Samus2)
Yeah.... you have to phone up the uni and talk to them
they will offer you a conditional place on the phone.

You then need to apply via track and they will accept you on there.
It took my uni about 5 days to accept me on track though

Hey, thankyou so much for your reply, that's great, I will do that later on today but what should I actually say and what will they ask as you have some experience, thankyou for your help

[umair.khan]

Glad someone asked this question!!

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)


Hey, thankyou so much for your reply, that's great, I will do that later on today but what should I actually say and what will they ask as you have some experience, thankyou for your help

Clearing doesn't open fully untill results day when everything's organised as in the places for the courses which are avaliable after working out who has made their offers and those who haven't as they get results a few days or so before the actual results day.
It's possible to get a place before then if you already know your grades.
If you do know your grades call them up they maybe willing to take down your details for results day.

[chocolatethundah]

Ok, I just got confused all over again lol.. I havent got my results yet but to be able to actually add them as a clearing choice I do need to get in touch with them right? Oh someone get me out of this misery lol

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
Ok, I just got confused all over again lol.. I havent got my results yet but to be able to actually add them as a clearing choice I do need to get in touch with them right? Oh someone get me out of this misery lol

have you already got a firm?

[Samus2]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
Ok, I just got confused all over again lol.. I havent got my results yet but to be able to actually add them as a clearing choice I do need to get in touch with them right? Oh someone get me out of this misery lol

You need to know your results to get in touch with them. If you're an A-level student - you won't know this until the 16th

(Original post by chocolatethundah)


Hey, thankyou so much for your reply, that's great, I will do that later on today but what should I actually say and what will they ask as you have some experience, thankyou for your help

No worries, I went through clearing so it's always nice to know that someone's been through the same thing!
Clearing won't officially open until the 16th August. Have you already got your results? If so and you know you've missed your firm and insurance, you CAN call them up now, but, it may be they'll just tell you to call back up on A-Level results day.
As a guideline for what happened to me - I called up the hotline and they asked me what grades I had - some uni's then immediately told me, I wouldn't be successful so that was the end of the conversation. The four places that I was successful then put me through to the department I wanted to study in. They asked me a few questions like how I was feeling, whether or not I had any questions about their course. And then I asked them about things like accommodation for clearing students, how their course was structured, how much freedom there was in choosing modules.
That day - track reopens and allows you to enter ONE clearing choice so you need to choose the one you want to go to.

It took about 5 days for my track to get updated, but, I had called them up and they'd sent me the offer through the post.

[chocolatethundah]

Ok, I dont know my results yet cos im gonna get them on the 16th, so this means that no that day I have to call them up straight away on the hotline and tell them my clearing number, speak to them about my results and blah blah, if they consider me, that is when I put them as a clearing choice? After I have done that I wait to see if my clearing has been accepted or not. OR do I just call them up and see if they accept me or not on the phone on that day, and if they accept me I don't need to put them as a clearing choice and dont need to use track at all? LOL I am a roll of confusion. thanks for the help people! oh yeah do I just call the one I really wanna go to or a few other uni's too, I am the first person in my fam to go Uni so that's why I don't have any idea, I have no one with me to help me that's why I'm askin so many questions, sorry!

[TenOfThem]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
Ok, I dont know my results yet cos im gonna get them on the 16th, so this means that no that day I have to call them up straight away on the hotline and tell them my clearing number, speak to them about my results and blah blah, if they consider me, that is when I put them as a clearing choice? After I have done that I wait to see if my clearing has been accepted or not. OR do I just call them up and see if they accept me or not on the phone on that day, and if they accept me I don't need to put them as a clearing choice and dont need to use track at all? LOL I am a roll of confusion. thanks for the help people! oh yeah do I just call the one I really wanna go to or a few other uni's too, I am the first person in my fam to go Uni so that's why I don't have any idea, I have no one with me to help me that's why I'm askin so many questions, sorry!

16th

results

no offer

in clearing

call university hotlines and/or departments

tell them grades

they can see your UCAS

they may ask additional questions

they may ask for an additional simple PS

if they refuse then repeat with another university

one accepts

they make you an offer

you accept verbally

you enter this in ucas

they then confirm in ucas

[MrRanbow99]

(Original post by Samus2)
The four places that I was successful then put me through to the department I wanted to study in. They asked me a few questions like how I was feeling, whether or not I had any questions about their course. And then I asked them about things like accommodation for clearing students, how their course was structured, how much freedom there was in choosing modules.
That day - track reopens and allows you to enter ONE clearing choice so you need to choose the one you want to go to.

It took about 5 days for my track to get updated, but, I had called them up and they'd sent me the offer through the post.

Four places? So you can verbally accept one or more places but only put one down on track (obviously they have deadlines). Am I correct in what you're trying to say?

Also, do you have to read your results out to them? (or can they see our results on computer?) And do you have to have your GCSE results ready, too?

(Original post by TenOfThem)
16th
they may ask for an additional simple PS

additional simple personal statement?

[TenOfThem]

(Original post by MrRanbow99)

additional simple personal statement?

If you are applying for a different subject, possibly

[MrRanbow99]

(Original post by TenOfThem)
If you are applying for a different subject, possibly

Ah right. Okay, thanks quick reply too

[chocolatethundah]

(Original post by TenOfThem)
16th

results

no offer

in clearing

call university hotlines and/or departments

tell them grades

they can see your UCAS

they may ask additional questions

they may ask for an additional simple PS

if they refuse then repeat with another university

one accepts

they make you an offer

you accept verbally

you enter this in ucas

they then confirm in ucas

Got it! Thanks

[TenOfThem]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
Got it! Thanks

If you are in school/college someone will help you so do not worry

We have a number of members of staff and landlines that are there solely to support students in this situation ... I am sure your school will as well

[chocolatethundah]

I just recently decided to go uni, like a week ago, ive applied to ucas and have my clearing num, i havent actually applied to any courses to the uni i wanna go to now, i had an online chat with them yday and they said that until i dnt get my results they cant consider my application, so on the day i call them up, tell them i havent applied to anything as i have recently decided to go uni and explain why, tell them my results and then see where it goes on the phone? yes? is this correct? cos ive got this planned in my head

[TenOfThem]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
I just recently decided to go uni, like a week ago, ive applied to ucas and have my clearing num, i havent actually applied to any courses to the uni i wanna go to now, i had an online chat with them yday and they said that until i dnt get my results they cant consider my application, so on the day i call them up, tell them i havent applied to anything as i have recently decided to go uni and explain why, tell them my results and then see where it goes on the phone? yes? is this correct? cos ive got this planned in my head

That is pretty much it yes

Good Luck with it


Do you have a few universities that you are keen on
Have you read up on the courses

They will still want to know why them

It may be worth preparing some basic personal statement(s) that you could email if required


Make a list of

• Why you want to do the course
• Why that university
• Why the late appication
• Your GCSE grades
• Any work experience
• Any volunteering experience that would be relevant

It might also be useful to ask a teacher if they could prepare a simple reference


You may not need all of the above but they could be handy


Oh and ... your GCSE certificates ... if you can scan them in so that they can be emailed that might be useful

[TenOfThem]

and

have you seen this

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki...acts_Directory

[chocolatethundah]

Thanks so much for your help, my teacher already wrote my ref on ucas so thats done thanks for the list! i really needed that, thankyou thankyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu life saver! xx

[Samus2]

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
Ok, I dont know my results yet cos im gonna get them on the 16th, so this means that no that day I have to call them up straight away on the hotline and tell them my clearing number, speak to them about my results and blah blah, if they consider me, that is when I put them as a clearing choice? After I have done that I wait to see if my clearing has been accepted or not. OR do I just call them up and see if they accept me or not on the phone on that day, and if they accept me I don't need to put them as a clearing choice and dont need to use track at all? LOL I am a roll of confusion. thanks for the help people! oh yeah do I just call the one I really wanna go to or a few other uni's too, I am the first person in my fam to go Uni so that's why I don't have any idea, I have no one with me to help me that's why I'm askin so many questions, sorry!

Yep I found out a lot earlier that I was in clearing than I got my results. I used that time to cry a bit and get my act together and shortlist places I would go.
They will give you an 'informal offer' over the phone so when they do that - you add them on track. As i've said before though, it took them quite a while to accept me on track so don't panic if it hasn't been updated in a while! You will NEED to do it via UCAS after speaking to them.
Call up as many as you want

(Original post by MrRanbow99)
Four places? So you can verbally accept one or more places but only put one down on track (obviously they have deadlines). Am I correct in what you're trying to say?

Also, do you have to read your results out to them? (or can they see our results on computer?) And do you have to have your GCSE results ready, too?

additional simple personal statement?

You don't 'accept' the informal offer... when you add it on track that's you accepting it. But, you're allowed to phone as many uni's as you want, you're just only allowed to add one choice. I read out my results to them and they didn't ask for my GCSE results...
some unis found out my results via my clearing number but remember that computer systems will always fail ha

(Original post by chocolatethundah)
I just recently decided to go uni, like a week ago, ive applied to ucas and have my clearing num, i havent actually applied to any courses to the uni i wanna go to now, i had an online chat with them yday and they said that until i dnt get my results they cant consider my application, so on the day i call them up, tell them i havent applied to anything as i have recently decided to go uni and explain why, tell them my results and then see where it goes on the phone? yes? is this correct? cos ive got this planned in my head

Call them up, tell them you haven't applied because you only recently decided you wanted to go to uni and then tell them your results