UCAS' Victims...

[IckleMissMayhem]

Anyone else recently submitted themselves to the Gods of UK Uni admissions? What/Where have you applied for? Anybody had any responses from their selected Universities already? On the other hand, who (if anyone) is panicking that they'll miss tomorrow's deadline for on-time applications?

I decided to apply to Southampton Solent to study Watersports Coaching & Management or Outdoor Activities Studies and Management. Not sure which I'll study, if they accept me, but I have a feeling I'll probably opt for the Watersports course. Also, I'm amused by the fact that I'll be considered to be a 'Mature' student, as I'll be the grand old age(!!) of 25 by the time the course starts. HA!

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Sorry by the title I thought the form killed someone.

I went through that stage four years ago. I got my first preference too..woohoo!. Best of luck to you though and I hope you get what you put down.

 

[Dark Knifer]

I still have a couple years before I have to bother with college.

 

[Plinglebob]

Sorry by the title I thought the form killed someone.

Nah, thats just a rumour. Wouldn't be surprised if it happened though.

I skipped going to Uni because I couldn't see the point when I could go to the local college and do a full time vocational course there at a cost of about £1000 for 3 years and get a degree level qualification at the end of it.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I'm in University now, and didn't touch UCAS with a 12 foot pole. I wanted to do a year out working in the industry I was going to study, and then go to Uni. I didn't do that deferred place crap as I wasn't sure which course specifically I wanted to do.

Anyway my placement year fell through, and so I had to go through clearing to get a place on a course. Disaster? Hell no. I found a good course at the university near my house (getting last minute housing is more of a *****). On the day I got my A level results I was in Spain on holiday (I booked it 6 months in advance, and was fine with them being posted at the time). I phoned up my High school, got my results over the phone, phoned the university, and got a place there and then. No UCAS forms, no Interviews, no personal statement, no UCAS fees, no hassle, no stress waiting for the offers to arrive.

This wasn't some crappy course either as it was 300 points which is above average. I wouldn't recommend this for Oxford, or Cambridge, but it goes to show that UCAS isn't the only way. Granted it's a risky plan, but I'm in my final year of a BSc, and happy.

I skipped going to Uni because I couldn't see the point when I could go to the local college and do a full time vocational course there at a cost of about £1000 for 3 years and get a degree level qualification at the end of it.

What course is that? I'm paying £3000+ a year for my degree, but I shouldn't complain as International students are paying 3 times that.

 

[x0ny]

Oh man... UCAS... seemed only a week ago when in actual fact it's been 6 years already... Our school makes us apply early, so pretty much everyone got their first choice... well... excluding oxbridge candidates, where some had to go with second choice. I did Maths and Computer Science at Loughborough University. Birmingham was my second choice.

 

[Kif]

When I went to uni all those years ago I applied through UCAS to Aberystwyth, Bradford, Lancaster or de-montford or whatever it calls itself and Southampton. They all said yes, Southampton offered me a £10,000 sponsorship if I agreed to go to naval officers school after the course and I ended up going to Aberystwyth...

Soooo, all in all, no complaints about UCAS from me.

 

[Calgetorix]

I skipped going to Uni because I couldn't see the point when I could go to the local college and do a full time vocational course there at a cost of about £1000 for 3 years and get a degree level qualification at the end of it.

What course is that? I'm paying £3000+ a year for my degree, but I shouldn't complain as International students are paying 3 times that.

I feel somewhat elated to live in Denmark. All I have to pay for is whatever apartment I find to live in and of course food. Going to university is free and we even get roughly £500 a month (or every 3rd month, I can't remember) from the state for being students.

I know you're talking about the UK here but I'll post my plan anyway.
I'm planning on applying for physics/astrophysics at Århus University here in Denmark. I have to apply at March first, though.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Yay, UCAS, I remember that joy from two years ago.

Seriously, I don't think they could make it any worse a system unless it included a little button you had to push that broke a finger and blinded you for a day every time you pressed.

And it was compulsary to press it.

For a year.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I skipped going to Uni because I couldn't see the point when I could go to the local college and do a full time vocational course there at a cost of about £1000 for 3 years and get a degree level qualification at the end of it.

What course is that? I'm paying £3000+ a year for my degree, but I shouldn't complain as International students are paying 3 times that.

I feel somewhat elated to live in Denmark. All I have to pay for is whatever apartment I find to live in and of course food. Going to university is free and we even get roughly £500 a month (or every 3rd month, I can't remember) from the state for being students.

I know you're talking about the UK here but I'll post my plan anyway.
I'm planning on applying for physics/astrophysics at Århus University here in Denmark. I have to apply at March first, though.

It used to be a bit like that, but then they introduced "top-up fees" which is the archetypical example of marketing speak. What they meant to call them was "crippling debts".

 

[Calgetorix]

It used to be a bit like that, but then they introduced "top-up fees" which is the archetypical example of marketing speak. What they meant to call them was "crippling debts".

Really? That seems incredibly backward.

 

[ottenni]

Slightly related topic. I did recently apply for Australian universities and got in too one studying fitness. But in the end i decided to go to TAFE (like uni but cheaper and more hands on).

 

[thenumberthirteen]

It used to be a bit like that, but then they introduced "top-up fees" which is the archetypical example of marketing speak. What they meant to call them was "crippling debts".

Really? That seems incredibly backwards.

A phrase that perfectly encapsulates our Government's Education policy of the last decade.

 

[Plinglebob]

I skipped going to Uni because I couldn't see the point when I could go to the local college and do a full time vocational course there at a cost of about £1000 for 3 years and get a degree level qualification at the end of it.

What course is that? I'm paying £3000+ a year for my degree, but I shouldn't complain as International students are paying 3 times that.

Association of Account Technicians. When you're fully qualified it counts as a degree level qualification and more respected by a lot employers then a degree in accounting with some even making people they hire with Accounting degrees take the course as well. Well worth the money if you want to go into that field.

yeah but your paying for what you get, especially if you do a placement course where they send you over to somewhere like america for a year to do work experience in the field of what you are studying.

The college where I did it full time (full time for 1 year, day release for 2) had contacts with local companies and accounting firms so they also helped you get a job if you wern't already in accounts.

 

[adamje2326]

Yay, UCAS, I remember that joy from two years ago.

Seriously, I don't think they could make it any worse a system unless it included a little button you had to push that broke a finger and blinded you for a day every time you pressed.

And it was compulsary to press it.

For a year.

Student loans company found a way bless them...

OT did it a few years back and now doing games design and programming at stafforsdshire.

 

[Nickolai77]

It used to be a bit like that, but then they introduced "top-up fees" which is the archetypical example of marketing speak. What they meant to call them was "crippling debts".

Really? That seems incredibly backwards.

A phrase that perfectly encapsulates our Government's Education policy of the last decade.

Could'nt agree more, and i think laws have been passed which mean that universitys can charge more than £3000 a year if they want too. God only knows how much Oxford or Cambridge, Durham or UCL will be charging. It will certainly mean that students from poor backgrounds will no longer be able to go to the nations top university's, even with a £1000 pound grant. So much for Labour promoting equal opitunities, it certainly is a step back.

 

[Mister Eff]

I got into the uni before I did UCAS. London Met Film. Starting in October. UCAS is boring as all hell though.