UCAS Application -- International Student (I'm so confused!)

Hi Everyone! I sent off my UCAS application in early January but haven't received any acknowledgment email (I know that some unis don't send this) from any of my 5 choices. On top of that, I was supposed to receive a link from Cambridge for their separate application (I'm applying for the March round) but I never received it. I contacted them a few weeks ago and followed up again today, but haven't heard anything back yet.

And now, I see that one of my other applications has been "withdrawn" because "you did not reply to their correspondence." I have triple-checked, and I haven't received any emails or messages on either the UCAS hub or the email I provided on my application. I also checked for accuracy, and everything is correct on my application. I reached out to that uni for clarification, but is there something I'm missing? Is anyone familiar with something like this happening?

Hi Everyone! I sent off my UCAS application in early January but haven't received any acknowledgment email (I know that some unis don't send this) from any of my 5 choices. On top of that, I was supposed to receive a link from Cambridge for their separate application (I'm applying for the March round) but I never received it. I contacted them a few weeks ago and followed up again today, but haven't heard anything back yet.

And now, I see that one of my other applications has been "withdrawn" because "you did not reply to their correspondence." I have triple-checked, and I haven't received any emails or messages on either the UCAS hub or the email I provided on my application. I also checked for accuracy, and everything is correct on my application. I reached out to that uni for clarification, but is there something I'm missing? Is anyone familiar with something like this happening?

Did you at least receive a welcome email from UCAS itself, confirming that they'd received your application and had sent it to your university choices?

Which email account did you put on UCAS? Gmail? School/college?

Did you get a UCAS welcome email and notification of updates?

I used a college email, and haven't had any trouble receiving correspondence from other emails as far as I'm aware! I also have a gmail account, but didn't put it on the application. I received an email from UCAS that said "Application ✅ what next?" and I assume that's the welcome email! That's why I'm so confused, especially on the withdrawal.

Speak to your college IT department to find out if any emails from the university that withdrew you have been “quarantined”.

School/college email accounts are the worst for blocking emails from universities. UCAS for some reason doesn’t bother to advise applicants to use a gmail or other personal email address instead of a school/college email.

Speak to your college IT department to find out if any emails from the university that withdrew you have been “quarantined”.

School/college email accounts are the worst for blocking emails from universities. UCAS for some reason doesn’t bother to advise applicants to use a gmail or other personal email address instead of a school/college email.

I just wanted to let you know that I spoke to the IT dept and there were emails that were blocked!! From multiple unis too. Thank you SO much for your help!! I'm hoping York will be understanding and reconsider my application. I've switched my email to my gmail in UCAS as well, so hopefully I won't run into any more problems. Thanks again!!