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Reply 1
You don't really get a say in how long your reference is...
Reply 2
17
Mine was like a page?
Reply 3
15
We don't even get to see ours.
Reply 4
13
Echolife
We don't even get to see ours.
How do you type it into your UCAS application, then?
Reply 5
thomaskurian89
How do you type it into your UCAS application, then?
You're confusing your Personal Statement with your Reference.
Reference = What your college/tutor/whoever writes for you.
Reply 6
15
thomaskurian89
How do you type it into your UCAS application, then?
You said 'reference' which is what your tutor writes. What we write is usually known as 'personal statement'.
Reply 7
13
Spotty Dog
You're confusing your Personal Statement with your Reference.
Reference = What your college/tutor/whoever writes for you.
Reference = What your college/tutor/whoever writes for you.
No! I wrote my Personal Statement in my UCAS form. And then, I filled my teacher's reference into the space provided.
How did you guys do it?
Reply 8
thomaskurian89
No! I wrote my Personal Statement in my UCAS form. And then, I filled my teacher's reference into the space provided.
How did you guys do it?
How did you guys do it?
You shouldn't be allowed to do it.
When you submit your application, it isn't sent to UCAS. It's sent to your tutor, who checks it and adds their reference. Then it's sent off to UCAS.
Reply 9
15
thomaskurian89
No! I wrote my Personal Statement in my UCAS form. And then, I filled my teacher's reference into the space provided.
How did you guys do it?
How did you guys do it?
you can only do that if you are applying as an individual student and not part of a school/college etc.
your reference seems very short! (maybe add a few lines yourself? ;-)
although, the universities will most likely contact the teacher to confirm that it is authentic.
Reply 10
13
Magician
you can only do that if you are applying as an individual student and not part of a school/college etc.
your reference seems very short! (maybe add a few lines yourself? ;-)
although, the universities will most likely contact the teacher to confirm that it is authentic.
your reference seems very short! (maybe add a few lines yourself? ;-)
although, the universities will most likely contact the teacher to confirm that it is authentic.
Yes, I'm applying as an individual student.
My teacher has written a lot of nice things about me, but I don't know what I can do about the length.
Reply 11
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thomaskurian89
Yes, I'm applying as an individual student.
My teacher has written a lot of nice things about me, but I don't know what I can do about the length.
My teacher has written a lot of nice things about me, but I don't know what I can do about the length.
In that case, ask politely for the teacher to praise you more? lol.
My reference was just under a page when I applied.
Reply 12
Each reference has the same amount of space as the PS... So you have another 35 lines lol...
Reply 13
Magician
In that case, ask politely for the teacher to praise you more? lol.
My reference was just under a page when I applied.
My reference was just under a page when I applied.
my reference was a page and was full of praise when i applied last year.
Reply 14
13
ZakBrannigan
my reference was a page and was full of praise when i applied last year.
A page? Would that be a printed or a handwritten page?
Reply 15
thomaskurian89
My UCAS reference is 15 lines (143 words). Too short?
I am surprised that your Refree therefore allowed you to see what he/she had written about you.Like someone has already mentioned you will need to go back and see him/her and ask if they can write a bit more about you.
Reply 16
thomaskurian89
A page? Would that be a printed or a handwritten page?
It was put into a MicroSoft word document then pasted into the UCAS Refree section on my online UCAS Form and it was typed not handwritten.
Reply 17
18
Nothing in the law, UCAS law, says you can't see your reference. Schools are just a bit annoying about it but you can actually pay a bit of money to get your whole application, which I think includes your reference (http://www.ucas.com/students/afteryouapply/afteriapplyfaqs/applicationqueries/copyofapplication).
Anyway, not that I've seen my reference, but I know it was an A4 page + 4 lines (all printed) long.
Anyway, not that I've seen my reference, but I know it was an A4 page + 4 lines (all printed) long.
Reply 18
Last year when I applied we completed our application, sent it onto the person that was sending them to UCAS.
We were then shown our references to see if we agreed with what had been said. If we were unhappy with anything we could speak to them about it and when we were happy with them they were added to the application and it was sent off to UCAS.
My reference took up an A4 page.
We were then shown our references to see if we agreed with what had been said. If we were unhappy with anything we could speak to them about it and when we were happy with them they were added to the application and it was sent off to UCAS.
My reference took up an A4 page.
Reply 19
13
Ask someone else to write another 'mini-reference' and then put that one underneath the original - when I applied in 2006 I had about five, one from each subject and then one from the head of 6th form.
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