Success In Year 13 2016/17

Attendance More flexible system If free period 1 or 5 Form submitted to adjust timetable Must register if on site Must sign in and out Must register at least once per day Must attend all tutorials and assemblies

Year 13 Programme A2 Courses- second year reformed courses EPQ- to be finished by Christmas General Studies AS AS course with Year 12 Careers/Core lectures PE etc on Wednesday afternoon Possible extras/enrichment

Targets University Employment F E College Gap Year Challenge Grades

A Level Results 2016 Pass Rate: 99% A* A & B %: 55% Got in!! A-E pass rate was near perfect 99% Proportion of A*A grades rose Grade A*- B pass rate increased to 55%

ALevel Headlines Some of the achievements were particularly noteworthy: 2 students getting into Oxbridge one of those obtaining 3 A * grades and an A* in the EPQ.

Worried About AS Results? Individual advice Intervention Re-marks and returned papers Re-sits UCAS Application Low AS grades: ask tutor to add explanation in the reference

Now is the time to Finalise your choice of Universities and degree courses Register with UCAS and start filling in the application form . Have the 1st draft of your personal statement ready to develop Visit Universities or check out a virtual tour online

Key dates 2016/2017 1 September – Applications open 15 October - closing date for Oxbridge, medicine, veterinary science – School deadline FRIDAY 23rd Sep (less than 2 weeks) 18th November School deadline for all other applications (less than 10 weeks away) to ensure your application is sent before Christmas 15 January - MAIN UCAS CLOSING DATE 26 February - UCAS Extra begins (for late applicants, those that have changed their mind or those who have no offers) 31 March - majority of decisions made by institutions

Making an application Over 50,000 courses to choose from Only have five choices available on your form – Blind process Only 4 for Medicine, Veterinary Science & Dentistry Oxford OR Cambridge UCAS processes over 2 million undergraduate applications a year 2013 - 673,000 applicants for 487,000 places Lots of competition – it is important to have a strong application form

Making informed choices Research the 4 C’s (course, career, campus and city) Be realistic about your choices, for example: 2 ambitious entry requirements to aim for 1 match to your predicted grades 2 lower entry requirements to fall back on. Use UCAS Course search to find all the available subjects and courses, shortlist your preferred courses and compare these using www.unistats.co.uk.

The Personal Statement 47 lines 4000 characters including spaces

The 5 Section Structure 1. Why: Why have you chosen this course? 2. What: What have you done to demonstrate your passionate interest in the course subject? 3. Academic: How do your academic academic subjects relate to your chosen course?

Structure: continued 4. Interests – activities and sport: what have you learned from your activities that is relevant to your chosen course and university life? 5. Conclusion: what personal experience or ambitions can you link to your chosen course to give the statement a sense of completion?

Why? Be enthusiastic Be specific Why do you enjoy the subject? Which particular aspects do you enjoy? What specific interests would you like to explore in greater depth? What theories in particular would you enjoy putting into practice? Which skills do you possess? How did work experience help?

Personal Statement Help All students attended session in June/July External expert session 22 September PS Bath – workshops in Bath held by Bath & Bath Spa University Admissions experts UCAS, STUDENTIAL, WHICH?

UCAS Points- old system UCAS Tariff A*= 140 A = 120 B = 100 C = 80 D = 60 E = 40 U = 0 AS = half of the A Level Points New System- page 141 student planner

New UCAS Tariff AS Level A Level EPQ A* = 56 A* = 28 A = 20 A = 48 B = 16 B = 40 B = 20 C = 12 C = 32 C = 16 D = 10 D = 24 D = 12 E =6 E =16 E = 8