UCAS application

Hi everyone, i am an international student planning to undertake mechanical engineering in UK.
I am planning to apply to these unis:
1)Manchester
2)edinburg
3)exeter
4)leicester
5)sheffield
My AS grades were BBC and my A2 predicted grades are ACC. Do you think i can get into these uni with these grades?

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Reply 1

Skill Twix

Have you applied yet?

Reply 2

schindlers list

You MIGHT just about get an offer from 1/2 of them. Bearing in mind, modt of them require, AAB, so they have to overachieve. So its up to you. People will apply with higher grades. Bear these things in mind.

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Original post by LuWee

Original post by Skill Twix

Have you applied yet?

Reply 3

Skill Twix

Original post by schindlers list

Has the OP applied?

Reply 4

schindlers list

Lol i thino the deadline's closed

Original post by Skill Twix

Has the OP applied?

Reply 5

schindlers list

Have u applied

Original post by LuWee

Reply 6

Skill Twix

Original post by schindlers list

Lol i thino the deadline's closed

Yes it is closed!If he/she applies now,his/her application won't be considered equally!

Reply 7

LuWee

My teacher said I should apply when my results are release in February. Furthermore as an international students, our deadline will be 30th June no matter what course.

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Reply 8

LuWee

Original post by schindlers list

Have u applied

Not yet. Teacher wont allow me to apply until my results are release.

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Reply 9

schindlers list

What?

Original post by LuWee

Not yet. Teacher wont allow me to apply until my results are release.

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Reply 10

LuWee

My referee will not send my application. As all of our application will go through our referee after send and pay.

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Reply 11

LuWee

Original post by schindlers list

What?

My referee will not send my application. As all of our application will go through our referee after send and pay.

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Reply 12

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by LuWee

My referee will not send my application. As all of our application will go through our referee after send and pay.

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You need to be aware that the Jan 15th deadline applies to international applicants just as much as it does to home students and your application is now regarded as late. You can indeed apply up to the 30th of June, but universities do not have to consider your application on an equal footing. This did not use to be the case for international students and your referee needs to be made aware for the benefit of future applicants that s/he has put you at a disadvantage by doing this. You need to contact the places you are intending to apply and check that they will still consider your application because many of them won't and it is a waste of a slot on your form. In practice, many of them will still consider you, but you need to know this in advance.

Reply 13

Muttley79

I also think you need to put a uni with a lower entry tariff as your predicted grades are low for the ones you have named.

Reply 14

LuWee

Thank you, my referee does not know about this and has put me and everyone in my school in a difficult position because he has been a referee for 10 years + and all applications we do here are usually after the release of our nov cambridge alevel results.

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Reply 15

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by Muttley79

I also think you need to put a uni with a lower entry tariff as your predicted grades are low for the ones you have named.

I agree with this, too.

Reply 16

LuWee

I am aiming for scholarship in my country and our requirements is top 30 unis in UK, but to get a scholarship here is just CCC, getting a uni is the only problem.

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Reply 17

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by LuWee

I am aiming for scholarship in my country and our requirements is top 30 unis in UK, but to get a scholarship here is just CCC, getting a uni is the only problem.

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If you actually get ACC then none of the universities you list will give you an offer. Here is the list of what universities will take those grades for mech eng:
http://www.whatuni.com/degrees/courses/degree-courses/mechanical-engineering-degree-courses-united-kingdom/0/m/united+kingdom/0/25/0/0/xh./r/0/1/0/uc/a_level/0a*-1a-0b-2c-0d-0e/page.html

Manchester and Sheffield are AAA
Leicester, Exeter and Edinburgh are ABB - AAA, which in practice means AAA as the lower offers are reserved for contextual offers. Add into that that your application is now late and you should be prepared for a possibly difficult time.

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Reply 18

victoria_mae

What country are you from?
I am also an international applicant, all students in my school applied through UCAS last year in October-November (Using predicted A2), but this is probs because I'm attending a British school.

I dont understand why does your teacher has to wait until the results are released, but you need to bear in mind that in the UK, unis give out offers once they receive your application, this technically means apply earlier = higher chance of getting offers. Just a piece of advice!

However, I don't think you stand a high chance of gaining admission to the universities you mentioned, especially when you're applying for engineering and they are all very reputable unis. My predicted is AAAA for A2 and I received a conditional offer from Sheffield, which I think is very lucky!

Good luck!