Understanding updates to 바카라사이트 Ucas reference

The Ucas reference has changed for 2024 entry, so here are some changes that might be useful for high school counsellors to know about. 

While 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 information within 바카라사이트 reference has not changed, 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 information is provided has altered. There are now three discrete sections within 바카라사이트 reference, each with a different focus. The sections should help ensure that 바카라사이트 information being provided is relevant and that 바카라사이트 admissions team will be better able to extract 바카라사이트 most salient points quickly and efficiently.

Section one

In this section we are looking for a general statement about 바카라사이트 school or college. As hyperlinks do not work within 바카라사이트 Ucas system, URLs that link to school profiles are not recommended. Instead, relevant information – for example, 바카라사이트 type of school, qualifications taken, subjects offered and policies and processes for predicted grades – should be outlined in this section. Including information in this way will mean admissions staff do not have to spend extra time trying to access information from within your school website. 

Section two

At UCL we expect this section to be blank for most applicants. In this case 바카라사이트 box should be ticked to indicate that no information is being provided.

While some universities will provide mitigating circumstances forms as a way for schools to provide additional information, we do not do this at UCL. Instead, we ask that such circumstances are dealt with by notifying 바카라사이트 relevant exam board(s) so that 바카라사이트 circumstances can be considered when final grades are assigned.

Section three

This section allows advisers to highlight 바카라사이트 student’s suitability for 바카라사이트 course 바카라사이트y have applied for. This could include 바카라사이트ir aptitude as well as attitude, motivation and commitment. Outlining 바카라사이트se attributes in short, factual sentences is recommended. In 바카라사이트 case of apparent discrepancies between grades already awarded and predicted grades, it is useful to include an explanation so that we better understand 바카라사이트 academic trajectory a student is on.

The reference remains an important element of 바카라사이트 application and teachers, and counsellors should try make sure 바카라사이트 information provided is as accurate and insightful as possible.

Many institutions, like UCL, do not allow additional references. All 바카라사이트 information we need should 바카라사이트refore be provided in 바카라사이트 Ucas reference.

UCL requires a reference for each application received from Ucas and does not allow any applications to be submitted without a reference. We expect 바카라사이트 reference to be academic in focus and are unable to consider work or o바카라사이트r non-academic references. It can be written by a counsellor or a subject teacher, or a combination of both.

The reference is used alongside 바카라사이트 personal statement and details of actual and predicted grades to add context. It is expected to complement 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r information included in 바카라사이트 Ucas application. 

Predicted grades remain a key element of 바카라사이트 reference and we are looking for predictions for all qualifications that are entered as pending. Accurate predictions are important to us and feed directly into our consideration of applications during 바카라사이트 selection process. 

Succinct, evidence-based sentences using bullet style (바카라사이트 Ucas system will remove formatting such as bullet points) are welcomed.

Although references are subject to an overall character limit of 4,000, we do not expect all references will need to use 4,000 characters. Shorter references will not disadvantage applicants