UCAS - any good?

I found the UCAS pricess "Apply" relatively easy - although it is fairly long. You need to have the following to hand: All your personal details (address, schools atteneded atc) All your qualifications What uni's you want to go, and their course cofes Also you need to write a personal statement. To do this, it is best to use Word, then you can edit it until you are happy with it. Then just paste it into the box on UCAS, since you only get 35 minutes to write the personal statement on UCAS itself, after this time it times-out. The process is not too bad, you just need all the stuff to hand (you don't want to end up applying for ...  Read the complete review

I think that UCAS is a great system and it really helped me through all the confusions of applying to university. The system lays everything out pretty simply and in different sections and makes applying significantly less stressful. Basically you fill out a series of forms, which cover everything from you address to your grades to your university course choices. There is also a section where you enter your personal statement. Once you have submitted your personal statement, you can then use the track system which will show you how universities have responded to your application and it lets you accept or decline offers. Though good, there were two things ...  Read the complete review

I have a complete love/hate relationship with UCAS. Being in my final year at school, and applying for University, I've been using UCAS since the summer, and found it confusing to begin with. WHAT IS UCAS? --------------- www.ucas.ac.uk This is how you, usually, apply for university. Your 'UCAS application' is split into many different sections. 'Personal Details' which is obviously, who you are, where you live, and just general necessary details about yourself. 'Choices' in which you choose up to 5 Universities you wish to apply to, and the course in which you wish to do at them. I believe in medicine you ...  Read the complete review

If you've never been to university, then you are probably wondering what UCAS is. In short, it's the application program that you use to apply to the universities. It used to be an entirely paper form, which just seems like a nightmare to me. Can you imagine making one mistake and having to do the whole lot again?! These days it's all online which is much better and allows the applicants to amend their applications as much as they like before sending it off for the final time. It is quite a straightforward process and in my opinion everything is very well explained. This is made a lot easier if your school guide you through the process too. ...  Read the complete review

I am in year 13 and I am currently filling out my ucas application for my chosen universities. The great thing about this site is that it basically contains all the relevant information that you need for when you come to apply for university. Because this is obviously something people have never done before it needs to help settle student's worries about what to do. The actual application section is very straight forward, it is seperated into different parts where you can fill in your personal details, course choices, education and write your personal statement. Each section explains clearly what you need to do and is very useful for people who are worried or ...  Read the complete review