School wants us to send off our UCAS applications too early

Your application hasn’t been officially sent if there’s no reference and predicted grades, which would be done by your school. So if your school can’t put them in, it would be clear you haven’t finished your application/sent it. So they would know.

You can send it off with 1 choice on then add the rest later

You can send it off with 1 choice on then add the rest later

Problem with this I think is that if you get an offer from that 1 choice you then can't add any more. It's a bit weird.

No, that's not true.

Do I need to have all my choices listed on my application when I send it to UCAS? There is no requirement to list all five choices (ie. the maximum allowed) when first sending the application to UCAS. You can add choices up to 30 June by signing into Track – as long as no replies to offers have been recorded.

This is direct from UCAS's FAQs - that's just what I gathered from it but maybe I was wrong.

"no replies to offers have been recorded" may mean that you haven't put them as your firm or insurance or rejected their offer. That's how I read out to be.

Problem with this I think is that if you get an offer from that 1 choice you then can't add any more. It's a bit weird.

i agree with you OP, it does feel like a rush - if you're not doing early entry at my school you still have to get it done by October half term! But, if you put it in early you do start getting offers so I think that's why the schools like to do it (I know people at private schools who've already put in applications & got offers!)

so when are you sending yours off? November?
anyway I have already spoken to the uni and they say that applying in October won't make an inch of difference. They said they would treat an application received by 14th of Jan the same as one sent in October. Dates don't matter to them, which is why I am so annoyed.

so when are you sending yours off? November?
anyway I have already spoken to the uni and they say that applying in October won't make an inch of difference. They said they would treat an application received by 14th of Jan the same as one sent in October. Dates don't matter to them, which is why I am so annoyed.

I think there's maybe a couple of Unis(Durham?) who look on you favourably if you apply early becasue they think you're also applying to oxbridge. And also, some Unis are giving out offers already (Leeds, Bristol etc.) so they could have given out nearly all the places if you apply late. But if you've spoken to the Uni it's really annoying, tell the school maybe?