Advice for applying to University as a home learning A Level Student

I am a Year 12 student learning my A Levels through a distance learning college and was seeking some advice on if it is possible for me to attend a Russell group University and what I should do to help my personal statement etc. Any advice is appreciated.

The mere fact that you can spell Russell correctly, unlike the majority of posters on TSR, means that you should be accepted automatically! 😆

More seriously, there's no reason a good university (note that not all "good" universities are in the RG) shouldn't accept a distance learning student. The only issue you might have is obtaining a reference and predicted grades.

definitely possible for you too, just need to get the grades. Im not sure how youre distance learning college works, meaning, how much contact you get with them or if they just send you a folder of work to do. But honestly this is a good questions ask them, they would have definitely had students who've gone on to university with them and they can share their experiences and hwat they did. One of the harder things ive found when applying to uni when not going to mainstream college is the reference. See whether they college would be able to offer you one/whether you can contact any teachers to see if they could. If not might want to work on trying to find one of those elsewhere, like through a job or even asking a previous teacher if you have one. The best thing you can do is just have a look at some unis you might like to apply to and just email their admissions with any questions, different universities are more lenient.

Are you taking science alevels, not international? then the practical endorssement for uni might prove tricky

Hey! So in terms of a reference I answered in the other reply, but it would basically be a reference from hopefully both my current online college and my high school. In terms of job I currently work as a tutor at a tuition on Wednesday and Saturday every week since March so that is an option if required. Also yes thank you as I will make sure to email Unis about any questions I have . For my A Levels I am taking Maths, Economics and Business.