UCAS Applications A Parents Guide
UCAS英国大学申请
家长指导
2010-11
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Who are UCAS?
UCAS stands for the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
UCAS manages the application process for universities and colleges in the UK. However, they do not decide who actually goes where, the final decisions are made by individual academic institutions.
Once a student has decided on the courses they want to study and all
requirements of the application are completed (see what is included in the UCAS application? below) the form is sent to UCAS. UCAS then forward the application on to the chosen universities.
谁是UCAS?
UCAS (University and Colleges Admissions Service) 是负责有关英国大学
及学院申请程序的机构。该机构并不决定学生的去向，最终是否被取录由个别学院决定。
学生首先要决定所修科目，并将所有填妥的文件送交UCAS。（请参考以下“UCAS 申请需要什么？”） 然后由UCAS将申请送交到所选大学。
How many universities can a student apply for?
Each student can include a maximum of FIVE choices on their application, including:
No more than four choices in any one of the following three areas i) medicine, ii) dentistry, iii) veterinary medicine or veterinary science
No more than one choice at either Oxford or Cambridge
学生可以申请多少家大学?
每个学生最多可以申请五所大学或学院, 不过:
申请i）医科，ii) 牙科，iii) 兽医或兽医学， 均不可超过四所 申请牛津和剑桥，只可在这两所大学中选其一。
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How to apply – www.ucas.com
The UCAS application process is 100% on-line. All applicants will
register with UCAS in the first week back after the summer holiday. The online application system is called Apply.
Once students have registered with UCAS they will have your own
username and password. They will be able to go online (www.ucas.com) to work on their application and save any changes. Their tutor and the Head of Sixth Form will be able to log on and see what they have done but staff will not be able to make any changes. While students complete their details it’s really important that they work closely with their tutor.
Once students have completed sections 1-5 the school will complete and add section 6. The school will check through the applications and ask students to make any necessary changes before it is considered completed. Finally the school will send the application to UCAS.
如何申请 – www.ucas.com
UCAS 申请可以百分百在网上完成。学生将于新学年的第一个星期内向UCAS登记。网上登记的系统叫Apply （申请）。.
学生登记后将会配给自己的用户名和密码。他们可以在网上（www.ucas.com）进行申请并更改和保存资料。班主任和毕业班班主任可以在网上查看，但不能做修改。因此，学生在填写资料时应与班主任保持紧密联系。
学生填妥第1-5项后，由学校完成第六项。学校会检查申请内容，并要求学生做必要的修改。最后，学校负责安排将申请传送到UCAS.
What is included in the UCAS application?
The UCAS on-line application form is divided into a number of sections.
UCAS申请需要什么？
UCAS 网上申请表分成以下几项。
Section One – Personal Details This includes the following:
Full name and address
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Nationality/place of residence Date of birth Contact details
Any criminal convictions or disabilities
It is essential that these details are accurate. If for any reason any of these details change once the application is sent (for example a change of address), it is crucial that UCAS are updated.
第一部分 -- 个人资料
包括以下： 全名及地址 国籍/住址 出生日期 联系资料
任何犯罪记录或残障
这些资料必须准确。如果在申请已经发出后有任何变更（例如更改地址），务必通知UCAS。
Section Two – Choices
This includes the name and course code for up to five university courses. The most up to date course details can be found at www.ucas.com or in the Big Guide book in the school library.
第二部分 – 选科
这部分包括填写最多五家大学所选的科目名称及其课程编号。有关课程最新资料可以登陆www.ucas.com或在学校图书馆内的Big Guide 查到。
Section Three – Education
This includes the schools attended by the candidate. Any examined course completed, with grades, and current courses.
第三部分 – 教育程度
这里包括学生就读过的学校，已经完成的课程及成绩，以及现在就读的课程。
Section Four – Employment
Here applicants can list any work experience gained.
第四部分 – 就业
申请人填写工作经验。
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Section Five – The Personal Statement
This is a crucial part of the application. The school will help each student draft and redraft this statement. Please read the separate booklet ‘UCAS personal statements – a guide’
第五部分 – 自我评介
这是申请最重要的部分。学校会协助学生起草，再修改这份陈述。请另参考‘UCAS personal statements – a guide’
Section Six – Reference and predicted grades
In this section UCAS ask teachers to predict the grades that students will achieve in their examinations.
The school then produces a reference. The reference can include a wide range of points that may include:
Existing achievement, with reference to subjects relating to the subjects applicants are applying for
Motivation and commitment towards the chosen courses Powers of analysis and independent thought
Relevant work experience, such as work placements, voluntary work and so on
第六部分 – 学校推荐书及预计成绩
这部分里UCAS要求老师预估学生的考试成绩。
学校随后会提供一份推介文件， 供学院参考。 这文件可能包含以下要点：
目前成绩，尤其着重学生打算报读的科目 学生对选读科目的热衷程度 分析能力和独立思考 工作经验，例如义工等
Should I apply early?
Universities are required by UCAS rules to treat all application received by the appropriate deadline on an equal basis. This means that applying early should make no difference, as long as the deadline is met.
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The final UCAS deadline for applications is 15th January 2011. Harrow will ensure that ALL applications are sent before the end of the autumn term but aim to send them earlier. We will support our students through the application process and send applications as they are individually finished.
PLEASE NOTE – there are a number of exceptions to the above:
Oxford and Cambridge – the deadline is 15th October. These
universities also require a separate application form. Please contact Mr Murchie, Head of Sixth Form, if you are considering these universities amurchie@harrowbeijing.cn
Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Science – the deadline is 15th October. Extra entrance examinations could be required for these courses. If you are interested in any of these please email me amurchie@harrowbeijing.cn
我要提前申请吗？
UCAS 规定大学对所有在截止日期前收到的申请均平等处理，所以只要不逾期申请，提前申请与否并不重要。
UCAS 的最后申请日期为2011年1月15日。哈罗学校将尽快处理，并确保所有申请在今年秋季学期内发出。 教职员会全程协助学生，一旦学生完成申请文件，申请会马上发出。
请注意 - 以下是特殊情况：
牛津或剑桥 -- 截至日期为10月15日。这两所大学需要多提交另外一份申请表。学生如果考虑申请，请联络高中部主任Mr Murchie。amurchie@harrowbeijing.cn
医科,牙科, 兽医或兽医学 -- 截至日期为10月15日。这些科目需要另外的入学考试。如果考虑申请，请联络高中部主任Mr Murchie。amurchie@harrowbeijing.cn
What happens at UCAS once they receive an application?
Initial processing is normally completed within one day and the relevant details are dispatched to universities and colleges.
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Once UCAS have processed the application they will send each applicant a welcome letter, giving their application number, their personal ID, their personal details and a list of courses they have applied to. Students should check this information immediately by logging on to their area on the UCAS web site (www.ucas.com).
Each applicant will also receive a booklet from UCAS that includes the following information.
What happens next in the application process
How the applicant will receive notice of the universities’ and colleges’ decisions
How to reply to any offers
UCAS 收到申请怎样处理？
申请通常会在一天内处理，资料送到有关大学或学院。
UCAS 处理申请后会向学生发出一封欢迎信，通知有关申请编号，个人资料及所选科目。学生应该马上登陆UCAS 网站 (www.ucas.com) , 核对资料是否正确。
每一个申请者也会收到UCAS 寄来的小册子，内容包括：
申请的下一步
申请者怎样知道大学及学院的决定 如获录取应如何回应
PLEASE NOTE – UCAS do not send details of all five choices to each university. In other words， a chosen university does not know what other universities a student has applied to.
The time taken by universities and colleges to make a decision varies, depending on where the applicant has applied. Sometimes the applicant has to sit an admissions test (medicine courses for example) or attend an interview. Art and design students in particular might need to present a portfolio of their work.
The universities send their decision to UCAS not to the individual
students. UCAS then notify the student. Applicants can also use Track at www.ucas.com to find the latest position on their choices.
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All decisions are made at the universities and colleges. UCAS are not involved in deciding to make offers or reject applicants.
请注意 – UCAS 不会把所有五个申请提交到每一所大学， 即每所预选大学并不知道学生其他的选择。
学院做出决定的时间均有不同， 有些需要学生考入学试（例如医科），有些要求面试。 选修美术设计的学生更可能需要提交一套作品册。
大学不会将决定通知个别学生，而是通知UCAS, 由UCAS 通知学生。申请者也可以在www.ucas.com 通过Track （追查系统）查看最新情况。
学院有最终决定权， UCAS 并不参与挑选学生的程序。
When a decision is made, it will be one of the following:
UNCONDITIONAL OFFER (U) – This means you have already met all of the requirements for the course. This is more common where students apply at the end of a gap year and already have their A-Level results. It is unlikely that our students will receive unconditional offers.
CONDITIONAL OFFER (C) – This means that the offer has certain conditions, for example the applicant has to achieve certain exam results. This may be either the achievement of certain grades in specific subjects or obtaining a certain number of UCAS tariff points.
REJECTION (R) – The University has not offered you a place on the course.
学院作出决定后，结果会是以下一种：
录 (U) - 这意谓学生已经符合所选学科的所有入学条件。 这种情况对那些完成暂休学年，已经获取高考成绩的学生 较为普遍。正在修读课程的学生不甚可能得到。
有录（C） - 这意谓学府提出一定条件， 例如要求申请者考试成绩达到一定水平。这可能是要求某个科目要考取到某个级别， 或者是达到UCAS 某个积分（Tariff Points）。
拒绝取录 （R）- 大学拒绝取录学生修读某个课程。
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How to reply to offers
Once an applicant has heard from all of their chosen universities, UCAS will send them a letter explaining how to reply to the offers. Applicants can:
Accept one offer ‘FIRMLY’. If this is a conditional offer they can also…
Accept a second offer as an ‘INSURANCE’ choice (in case they do not meet the requirements of the firmly accepted offer)
Therefore an application strategy is to ensure that within the five course choices a range of entrance requirements are considered. Some that are at the top end of an applicants’ expected grades and one (the insurance) that will allow entrance to a course with lower entrance requirements.
如获取录如何回应
在学府通知申请者有关取录结果后，UCAS会发出信件，指导回应程序。申请者可以：
“确认”接受一间学府取录。 如果是有录，学生亦可以…
接受第二选择作为“保险”（这是为学生万一未能考取到第一志愿作后备的。）
因此学生应该考虑了不同学府的入学要求才作出决定。所挑选的五项课程可以有学生预计达到要求的选择，也应该有一个入学要求比较低的保险选择。
What happens if an applicant is unsuccessful in all five choices?
EXTRA
If an applicant has been unsuccessful in all five choices they can then use the ‘Extra’ process.
The Extra process is a way of applying to further universities or colleges if the initial five choices have been unsuccessful. Applicants can apply to other courses (where there are spaces) but ONLY ONE AT A TIME.
Extra operates from late February to the end of June 2011. Applicants use course search at www.ucas.com to find which courses are advertising
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vacancies in Extra. We will publish more details about Extra later in the year.
五项选择都失败怎么办？
另作选择
如果申请人未能成功考取五个课程的任何一项，可以“另作选择”。
“另作选择” 让学生向其他（仍有学额的）大学或学院提交申请，不过，每次只限一间。
学生可以由2011年2月底至6月底进行“另作选择”。 申请者登陆
www.ucas.com 在“另作选择” 栏内可以找到仍然有空缺的课程。本学校亦会于今年稍后公布这方面更多的资料。
CLEARING
If a UCAS applicant does not achieve the examination grades they hoped for and failed to meet the entrance requirements of their chosen university, there is a good chance they could secure a place through Clearing.
The Clearing process runs from early July and helps students who have not got the right grades to find courses where there are still places available. www.ucas.com will list all courses available in Clearing.
As with the entire UCAS process, staff will be available to assist students through Clearing. More details of clearing will be made available nearer the time. We do not anticipate many, if any, students having to go through Clearing.
“统一处理”
如果UCAS申请者未能考到他们预期的成绩而不能达到大学的入学要求，他们很有可能通过统一处理程序而得到学位。
统一处理程序由七月初开始，让学生在错失了所选择的学院后另找学位。www.ucas.com 会在统一处理栏内列出所有仍然有空缺的课程。
本校教职员会全力协助学生进行统一处理 程序。有关细节会稍后公布。我们并不预期会有，或者有很多学生要进行统一处理。
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The UCAS application timeline
The table below highlights some of the key UCAS dates.
UCAS 申请时间表
以下时间表列明了UCAS 申请的重要日程：
September 2010 UCAS application process begins 2010 年9月 UCAS 开始接受申请 th15 October 2010 Deadline for applications to Oxford and Cambridge 2010年10月15日 牛津，剑桥截止报名
Deadline for applications to Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary 15th October 2010
Medicine and Veterinary Science.
医科，牙科，兽医或兽医学截止报名 2010年10月15日
th15 January 2011 Closing date for applications from UK and EU students to be guaranteed equal academic consideration. 2011年1月15日 截止接受英国及欧盟学生申请，在此日期前提交的申请
将获得平等处理。
thApplicants can refer themselves through Extra for the first 25 February 2011
time.
2011年2月25日
申请者可以开始另作选择程序。
th24 March 2011 Deadline for applications to Art & Design 2011年3月24 日 美术及设计科截止报名。 31st March 2011 Universities and colleges should have sent decisions on all applications received by 15 January. (But some may take longer.) 2011年3月31日 学府应该已处理1月15日前收到的申请，并把有关决定 发出。(要些学府会稍迟。) th7 June 2011 Applicants should have replied to any offers made by the universities and colleges. 2011年6月7日 取录与否，申请者应该已向学府作出回应。 30 June 2011 Applications received after this date will be held for Clearing. 2010年6月30日 此日期后收到的申请将拨作统一处理。 th 6 July 2011 Last date for applicants to refer themselves through Extra. 2011年7月6日 申请者提出另作选择的最后限期。
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Below is a list of words and phrases commonly used by UCAS, together with a summary of their meanings.
以下是UCAS常用的一些词汇及其意思：
Key Term Definition 主要词汇 解析
A nine-digit individual number assigned to an applicant Application number
who has completed a UCAS application; it is printed on
every letter we send and is displayed in the format 01-申请编号
234567-8. Applicants will be asked to provide this number if they contact our Customer Service Unit.
提交了UCAS申请的每一个学生都会获配一个九位数字的编号， 形式如01-234567-8， 这个编号在UCAS 发出的信里都会附上。申请者在联系UCAS 顾客服务组的时候都要提供这个编号。
The online application system for applying for higher Apply
education courses
申请
这是申请就读高等教育课程的网上申请系统。 A system used towards the end of the academic cycle, Clearing
which enables an applicant who has not yet secured a
place to apply for course vacancies. 统一处理
在学年接近结束的时候，“统一处理” 可以让那些还未找到学位的学生申请仍然有空缺的学府。
An offer made to an applicant by a university or college, Conditional offer
whereby the applicant must fulfil certain criteria before
they can be accepted on the relevant course. 有条件取录
大学或学院提出条件， 在学生达到该等要求情况下，录取该学生修读课程。
When conditional offers that have been accepted by an Confirmation
applicant become unconditional or are declined.
Confirmation is dependent on an applicant's 确认
qualification/exam results.
就申请者的素质及考试成绩，学院确认个别学生已被取录或者拒绝。
Holding an offer until the following year. Deferral
推延 录取与否推延到明年决定
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Entry profiles
入学资料册
Extra
另作选择
Firm offer
第一志愿
Institution
学府
Insurance offer
保险志愿
Comprehensive information about individual courses and institutions, including statistics and entry requirements.
课程及学院资料，包括统计数字和入学要求。 The opportunity to apply for another course if an
applicant has used all five choices and has not secured a place.
申请者在错过了五个选择之后还没有找到合适的课程，可得以选择另外一个课程。
The offer that the applicant has accepted as their first choice.
申请者被接受录取的第一志愿
A university or college offering higher education courses.
提供大学或高等教育的学院
The offer that the applicant has accepted as their second choice, in case they do not meet the requirements for their firm offer.
申请者的第二志愿，万一学生未能达到第一志愿学院的要求。
A 10-digit individual number assigned to an applicant when they register on Apply. The number is displayed in the format 123-456-7890.
学生在登记申请的时候获发配的编号。号码形式如123-456-7890.
The applicant's year of entry to the course, for example, 2 refers to the second year of the course.
申请者入学就读的学年，例如“2”代表课程的第二年。
The application system used for all UCAS applications except for Route B art and design courses (see below).
除了B途径美术及设计课程以外所有UCAS系统里的申请。（参看以下一栏）
A sequential application system for specific art and design courses, where applicants can choose up to three courses and the order in which they are sent to their chosen institutions.
Personal ID number
个人ID号码
Point of entry
入学学年
Route A
A 途径
Route B
B途径
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Track
追踪系统
Unconditional offer
无条件取录
Unsuccessful
申请失败 Withdrawal
终止申请
申请专科美术及设计课程的连串程序。 申请者可以选择达三个课程， 并决定发送到指定学府的先后次序。
A system where applicants can track the progress of their application online, reply to any offers received, and make certain amendments, for example, change of address or email.
学生可以在网上追查申请的进展， 沟通有关取录情况，修改个人资料例如住址或电邮地址。
An offer given to an applicant by a university or college, whereby the applicant has satisfied the criteria and can attend the course.
大学或学院认为申请者已经符合所选学科的所有入学条件，决定录取。
The applicant has not been accepted by the university or college concerned.
申请者未能获得任何大学或学院录取。
Either an applicant or university/college cancels a choice before a decision has been made - a reason will be included if the withdrawal was issued by an institution.
申请者或大学/学院在有决定之前终止申请 – 学院会就终止申请作出解析。
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