UCAS - Reference and Pay/Send issues! UBERTHREAD

You can't click pay/send? That's strange! Is it greyed out or something? And are all the other boxes ticked?

You have to pay/send before a referee can be added, surprised you can't click on it to be honest. Give ucas a ring if all else fails

Well the one page is telling me that i need to wait for my college to make a decision on my reference, but is that before or after i complete the pay/send?

On the other hand my old college tutor is telling me that i must complete the pay/send section first and then the reference will be dealt with?!

Its very confusing and the fact there is less than 2 days to the deadline, this is really frustrating and is making me think that i wont get it done in time. Ill have to give UCAS a call as soon as i can tomorrow morning!

I'm not sure but do you not have to fill out the bit that says reference, and then it'll give you the option to send reference request to the tutor. Make sure he receives it and it doesn't go to spam like what happened with my reference. Only then can you pay and send your application... this is what I did anyway. Good luck

Well the one page is telling me that i need to wait for my college to make a decision on my reference, but is that before or after i complete the pay/send?

On the other hand my old college tutor is telling me that i must complete the pay/send section first and then the reference will be dealt with?!

Its very confusing and the fact there is less than 2 days to the deadline, this is really frustrating and is making me think that i wont get it done in time. Ill have to give UCAS a call as soon as i can tomorrow morning!

When I filled mine out in October it was the only box that couldn't be edited. When you pay and send the application only gets sent to the college not ucas as only the college can process the application to ucas after adding the reference.
My advice is to press pay/send because it won't get sent off to ucas and if there are any errors it can be sent back to you by your college tutor and rest assured you will not have to pay twice.

You have this all wrong! I CANNOT CLICK the pay/send button! its unticked and unclickable! I would send it off but i cant! Im applying alone btw but through my previous college!

Well unless if it's changed since October then I am unaware of the procedure...
Have you clicked section complete on the referee box (if that's an option)? And finally all sections complete?

You have this all wrong! I CANNOT CLICK the pay/send button! its unticked and unclickable! I would send it off but i cant! Im applying alone btw but through my previous college!

If nothing else works, try making another account. It will be time consuming but it may be your only option.

Im being told 2 different things and im unsure which is correct? Does the reference box on the homepage have to be ticked in order to access the pay/send section? My tutor is telling me that i should just be able to send it off and the reference will be completed afterwards.

I dont know what to believe? I didnt fill out the reference information, i asked him for the buzzword in which i entered on the options section. After doing that the reference box has been unclickable. If i go to the options part and click on the link that says "get a school/college to fill out your reference". It comes up with my college name and says simply that they have not yet made a decision regarding my reference?

This is so stressful i literally hope i get this sorted in time, otherwise it might affect my chances on getting in the uni/course i want to!

You're not applying as an individual, which is why you're getting the wrong information. Stop insisting you are. You have requested that your previous school add you so that you are applying through them.

They haven't approved this yet. You can't click pay and send until they do - so try to hurry them up a bit.

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Couldn't you ask your old school to let you apply through them? That way you only pay and send and then it gets sent to them so they fill out a reference. I was applying as an individual first but when I rung my school they told me they'd register me with them anyway. Maybe ask?

You're not applying as an individual, which is why you're getting the wrong information. Stop insisting you are. You have requested that your previous school add you so that you are applying through them.

They haven't approved this yet. You can't click pay and send until they do - so try to hurry them up a bit.

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Yes but how would i go about that? I cant change my reference anyway since its already been sent? This is a problem ill have to sort with the college tomorrow, if they cant figure it out ill have to see if they will decline my reference and then maybe ill be able to ring my old school and get a new one. Hopefully if that scenario happened to play out, i hope i dont end up in this stupid situation im currently in. tick tock, 1 day 21 hours left. Im scared...

Well technically im applying by myself, but just getting a reference through my college. Its all confusing and very frustrating since the deadline is in under 2 days so can you not imagine how annoyed and stressed i am? Well my college tutor must be wrong then, hes insisting that i HAVE to pay/send first before he completes my reference. Im just being lead around in circles here and its very annoying especially when im being told 2 different things.