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Learning an instrument extracurricular-UCAS POINTS
Well as of today, I'm only going to be studying 3 As and A levels due to the dropping of Physics!
Seeing as my school offers both instrumental and singing lessons, for a great price of just £50 a term, I was actually already intrested in taking up the violin, now that ive got so much extra time, i definetly want to go for it.
But i was wondering if anyone could tell me about how the UCAS points work, I dont really know much about it, apparently something about reaching a certain grade
how long would it take me to get to somewhere where i get some good points. Even then, whats a good grade to reach, I would love to just do it any way, regardless of the Unis etc.
Seeing as my school offers both instrumental and singing lessons, for a great price of just £50 a term, I was actually already intrested in taking up the violin, now that ive got so much extra time, i definetly want to go for it.
But i was wondering if anyone could tell me about how the UCAS points work, I dont really know much about it, apparently something about reaching a certain grade
how long would it take me to get to somewhere where i get some good points. Even then, whats a good grade to reach, I would love to just do it any way, regardless of the Unis etc.
I have grade 8 distinctions in two instruments and I'm a student piano teacher.
You won't be able to get to Grade 6-8 in time for them to be worth any UCAS points. This is unlikely to be a good tactic.
Most people do a grade per year, and this would thus take 6 years before you get what is equivelant to less than an AS level. In this sense music qualifications are grossly undergraded.
Furthermore at the top end of universities, they will either only count points from A2 levels, or ignore the tarrif altogether.
Generally speaking, 3A2s should be sufficient to get into the vast majority of courses if your grades are good enough. I'd focus on doing well in those subjects.
Otherwise you could take evening classes and enter yourself for an additional AS level.
You won't be able to get to Grade 6-8 in time for them to be worth any UCAS points. This is unlikely to be a good tactic.
Most people do a grade per year, and this would thus take 6 years before you get what is equivelant to less than an AS level. In this sense music qualifications are grossly undergraded.
Furthermore at the top end of universities, they will either only count points from A2 levels, or ignore the tarrif altogether.
Generally speaking, 3A2s should be sufficient to get into the vast majority of courses if your grades are good enough. I'd focus on doing well in those subjects.
Otherwise you could take evening classes and enter yourself for an additional AS level.
Don't do it for the UCAS points; not only will you never reach grade 6 in time, you shouldn't do it for someone else, you should learn an instrument for you. But for reference: yes, you get UCAS points if you pass an ABRSM exam at grade 6 or above, and you can put it on your UCAS form. Hooray! But it won't make much difference to your application at all.
thanks for telling me, ok well doesnt really matter in that case whether i get points or not, to be honest I'm just happy that I actually do have the time and the oppurtunity to learn it, being able to get points would just have been a bonus, just that I dont have any clue about how hard it is to go up grades lol.
Thanks again
Thanks again
I doubt you'll be able to get to G6 in time, and most good unis don't look at points anyway...but it's an incredibly rewarding extra-curricular, and you could could mention it in your PS (it shows you're good at time-management, a well-rounded person, creative, and lots of other lovely things).
If you really wanted to add a few points easily you could do some KeySkills/Core Skills. Or do another AS. Maths? Further maths?
Here is the link for the Ucas tariff - but to be honest the best thing is to spend the time doing the three A2 well.
http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables/
Good Luck
Here is the link for the Ucas tariff - but to be honest the best thing is to spend the time doing the three A2 well.
http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables/
Good Luck
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Is getting to Grade 4 in the drums a notable acheivement?
Yes, definitely. Learning an instrument is an enormous emotional investment. Significant percentage points of my social life have been absolutely ravaged (in a good way) by learning instruments.
If you have an ABRSM or Trinity Guildhall qualification it just goes in the qualifications section along with your A levels.
Yep I put my grade 7 in with my GCSEs, because I took it around that time It's in the qualifications section of the application.
It's in the qualifications section of the application.I have grade 6 piano, and was always told it would count toward my UCAS. But it hasn't counted toward the points I have to achieve to go to any of the unis I've applied to. I applied last year and it didn't make any difference then either, and obviously hasn't done this year. I don't have a clue what exactly they think about when they look at your musical qualifications, but they don't seem to have bothered with mine lol
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