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The Official 03/04 UCAS Application Progress Tracker Thread

As a follow up to the "Where have you applied to?" thread, this one will keep up with how your applications are progressing.

Please feel free to keep us informed with any offers you recieve - which should be in the following format:

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Institution

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Course Applied For

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Offer (Number of Points or Grade Specifics)

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What chances do you feel you have of achieving the terms of this offer ?

Also we would like to know how when you get interviews.

As a reference point, I would now like to keep a ready reckoner for you of the deadlines:

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1st September - Opening day for Applications

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15th October - Closing Date for Applications to Oxbridge, medicine, dentistry, or vet. med/ vet. science

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1st Janaury 04 - First date to recieve Art & Design Route B applications

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15th January - Advisory closing date for UK Applications

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5th March - Advisory closing date for Art & Design Route B applications

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30 June - Final Date for Submitting UCAS Extra applications before clearing

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19 August - Clearing Opens

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24 September - Final Date for Applications through Clearing

Important
If you recieve the response of your final University (AS6F) by date 1 you must reply with a decision of "Firm/Insurance/Offer Declined" by date 2

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31 March 2004 - 28th April 2004

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10 May 2004 - 7th June 2004

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18th June 2004 - 7th July 2004

Missing these deadlines puts your place at risk.

Please stick to the format, any general chit-chat can be kept to the forum, we want this just so we can follow people's progress, and so you can see what sort of time scale / how quickly the Universities are responding with offers etc.

Paper Trail

Confirmation Card
If you have sent off your application by post, you should soon afterwards recieve back your confirmation card which says that they have recieved your application.
YOU DO NOT REQUIRE THIS IF YOU ARE USING ELECTRONIC OR THE APPLY ROUTES OF APPLICATION.

AS2
Confirmation Letter - This document from UCAS confirms the courses and institutes to which you have applied, as well as your Online Enquiry Password, which allows you to track your progress.

Acknowledgements
These will come from each University, thanking you for applying to them, they will get back to you in the near future with their offer details, both on their letter headed paper, and by AS3 (below)

AS3
Offer Letter - These documents are what UCAS send to you with each an University replies to you with an offer. It may contain a rejection, a conditional offer, or unconditional offer.

AS6-F
Final Offer & Reply Slip
This is the document which contains the response from your last University to make a decision on making you an offer - at the bottom will be a slip to which you must reply, within the allocated deadline, with your decision on which to accept as Conditional Firm, and Conditional Insurance, Declines, (or indeed just an Unconditional Firm - if you are really lucky).

AS9
Audit Statement
This comes after you have made your decision on CF, CI, UF, D, and confirms your current position.

More Acknowledgements
Universities will now reply to you telling you that they appriciate you choosing them as Firm/Insurance, and will invite you up on their post-application open days. It is a good idea to go to these.

AS10 - Clearing Entry Form
If you do not succeed in making your offers for Firm or Insurance, you will be sent one of these.

AS12 - Confirmation of Place
Alternatively if you have reached made your offer, you will be sent one of these, to fill in and return to UCAS as SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AS18 - Acceptance in Clearing
This letter from UCAS is what you recieve should you be successful in gaining a place at an institution through clearing.

Reply 1440

EmJ

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Pencil Queen

Because there are no rules when it comes to results day and insurance choices. If you only really want to go to 2 universities out of your 6 choices why bother using somewhere else as an insurance?

Even though their offers are the same the actual grades they'd be willing to accept can vary greatly...offer levels are simply the value a university holds of itself - entry levels are the value the rest of the world holds of it.

Good explanation!
I'm going to do the same thing, as I'd rather take the risk than put down a university that I don't want to go to and then be obliged to go there.
Although I should probably have not applied to universities I didn't want to go to in the first place... :biggrin:

Reply 1441

EmJ

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Elle

Just found out that I've been rejected from LSE for Law :mad:

... more angry that upset really- since they kept me waiting for so long and gave out false hope through a supposed "shortlist". Ah well, I guess that's just made another space available for an international student so they can rake in the money! lol... sorry if I sound bitter. I'll just sue them when I become a Lawyer :tongue:

Just checked my online UCAS offers. STILL no LSE!! Like you, I've been told that I'm on a 'shortlist'. It's 5 months since I sent off my form and I've heard from all the other unis I applied to.
I can see why you're angry. You have the right attitude, though - sue them! :tongue:

Reply 1442

ahaid

*Riz*

Well I think Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield are all excellent unis, Middlesex is not really in the same league. I would look round the first 3 and see which I liked best before choosing as they all have good reputations. Might be worth checking out the league tables to see which is highest for accounting and finance.

I applied for Psychology.

UMmm good, have you seen the Top 500 World Universities ranking its here http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/rank-2003.mht
thought might be usefull to u :smile:

Sheffield is 68 impressively

Reply 1443

Elle

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EmJ

Just checked my online UCAS offers. STILL no LSE!! Like you, I've been told that I'm on a 'shortlist'. It's 5 months since I sent off my form and I've heard from all the other unis I applied to.
I can see why you're angry. You have the right attitude, though - sue them! :tongue:

That probably means they are still seriously considering you! Good luck and let me know how you get on! I'm still waiting for UCL, but I can't really see them giving me an offer. Hmm.. blessing in disguise? It would be nice to get out of London :smile:

I'm really wrapped about Sheffield at the mo.. even if its not as good rep wise, I love the area and student union seems pretty good too..

Reply 1444

EmJ

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Elle

That probably means they are still seriously considering you! Good luck and let me know how you get on! I'm still waiting for UCL, but I can't really see them giving me an offer. Hmm.. blessing in disguise? It would be nice to get out of London :smile:

I'm really wrapped about Sheffield at the mo.. even if its not as good rep wise, I love the area and student union seems pretty good too..

Thanks, Elle! :biggrin:

I'll post as soon as I find out.
Good luck with your uni decisions - Sheffield sounds good! Maybe it is a blessing in disguise if you can get out of London, especially if you are really taken with Sheffield. London appeals to me, but I guess that's only because I live in Wales! I lived in Surrey until three years ago, but never really got to spend a great deal of time in London. You obviously have, and will probably be glad of a change of scenery!
Good luck,
Em

Reply 1445

Blamps

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Just got an offer through for UCL, Law, AAA....yay! :tongue:

Reply 1446

Blamps

10

Blamps

Just got an offer through for UCL, Law, AAA....yay! :tongue:

Also had an offer from Birmingham (in Nov) AAB...gonna be my insurance
But, I was turned down by:
Notts (after the test)
KCL
Warwick
Oxford (after interview)
Crazy system....I seriously thought UCL would be the last place to give me an offer! :smile:

Reply 1447

*smile*

Blamps

Also had an offer from Birmingham (in Nov) AAB...gonna be my insurance
But, I was turned down by:
Notts (after the test)
KCL
Warwick
Oxford (after interview)
Crazy system....I seriously thought UCL would be the last place to give me an offer! :smile:

Well done on your offer!!! Btw when did you get your rejection from KCL?

Reply 1448

mooseyfish

this is after last year starting a Sports Science+Maths degree at Nottm Trent but leaving at xmas...

ive applied to:

Birmingham, Mathematical Sciences

Leeds, Maths

Keele, Maths

Liverpool, Math Sciences

Cardiff, Maths+ its Applications

Loughborough, Maths

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