Thursday, January 14, 2010

UCAS 2010 Application Reminders

Before you apply to UCAS you will need a buzzword. This can be obtained from your HEA.

However before we give you the buzzword YOU NEED TO HAVE REGISTERED WITH VISION FIRST. You also need to bring along a completed Form A, Form B, and a draft of your personal statement.

Once you have the buzzword you will then be registered under the college and can proceed to www.ucas.com.

Things to remember are as follows,

PERSONAL INFO PAGE

1. Enter your name as it appears on your passport or as it is on your A level certificates.
2. When you fill in your address make sure that you don't include 'DARUSSALAM'. Brunei will suffice.
3. Tel. No: Begin with +6732.. or +6738....
4. Nominated Access: YOUR COUNSELLORS FULL NAME:
Relationship: HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISER
5. Residential Category: Other
6. Fee Code: 09 Overseas Agency (if you're applying for a scholarship)
Private Finance (if your parents etc are paying)

EDUCATION PAGE
1. Date of Attendance in school:
For your previous secondary school January 2003 - January 2008
For Maktab Duli - February 2008- January 2010

The dates above are in accordance to your leaving certificate.
2. Awarding Body : CIE (University of Cambridge International Exams)
3. Entering 'O' level qualifications:

SUBJECT NAME

GRADE

DATE

AWARDING BODY

GEOGRAPHY

B

01/08

CIE


The date that you put down is the date of when you obtained your result, NOT when you sat for the exam.
The same rule above applies for your A level qualifications. (Add two months after you sat for the exam)
3. Entering AS level qualifications:
If you are applying before your results have come out, then include your AS grades for all the subjects taken (But not the grade for each paper)
If you apply after your results come out, You only enter your language support modules
e.g. General Paper, English AS, English Language and Lit, Literature AS, Thinking Skills.

Please note General STUDIES is NOT the same as General Paper!

PERSONAL STATEMENT PAGE

Enter your personal statement only AFTER is has been checked by your counsellor!

Please note that this is the most crucial part of the application so be prepared to revise your personal statement over and over again! If you choose to put in your personal statement without having it checked by your counsellor that we will take NO responsibility of any mistakes in style, technicality and accuracy of your statement resulting in the rejection of your application.

Once everything is all checked and ready, make the payment using a credit card and then send to referee (MD HEU).

Applications sent to referee will be sent to UCAS 2-3 weeks from date sent to referee. You should receive a Welcome Letter from UCAS 1-2 weeks later.

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