1. Success In Year 13
2016/17

2. 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

3. 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

4. Targets
University
Employment
F E College
Gap Year
Challenge Grades

5. 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%

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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
,000 applicants for 487,000 places
Lots of competition – it is important to have a strong application form

11. 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

12. The Personal Statement
47 lines
4000 characters including spaces

13. 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?

14. 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?

15. 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?

16. 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?

17. 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

18. 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