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attendance for UCAS

Hi, I am just wondering does attendance matter after you have received an offer from unis? For example, I think I will hear by from unis by april the latest so does it matter if I decide to ditch college for a week in around May time since the offer is already be made.

Thanks

Reply 1

Firefly13

UCAS doesn't record your attendance. The only way universities will know is if your school included it in the reference (which it shouldn't do unless it's good, teachers shouldn't say anything negative in the reference). My school used to threaten us by saying UCAS knew our attendance to make sure we'd come in. At the end of the year my form teacher told us they were lying about that!

If you don't want to go in it won't make a difference to your offer (although just make sure it doesn't affect your grades!)

Reply 2

Vennila29

My school is literally threatening me that no Universities will accept me for my low attendence, although i was genuinely very ill.
They are also threatening me by saying that i will be kicked out of school if i don't stay from 8:30 to 3:30 even if i don't have any lesson.
I feel so pressurised by school that i feel like stop my education fully.
What should I do?