If you have applied to University and are not sure how to change or accept a course here are a few useful tips from UCAS to find your way around the system.
Good luck and I hope you all achieve the grades you need.
Lesley A MacKay
Careers Adviser
Tel: 01414687380
Mob: 07887958792
UCAS FAQ’s
There is no Track now. Applicants will log back into their application from the UCAS Hub, and manage their choices and decisions all from that one place.
How do I see my application in the UCAS Hub?
You can sign in to your Hub to check your application’s progress at any time. You’ll need the Personal ID given in your welcome email, along with the password you used when applying. Head to https://accounts.ucas.com/ to enter your information.
Replying to offers – helpful glossary!
These are the types of reply you can make.
Firm acceptance – this is your first choice.
- If it’s an unconditional offer, the place is yours! So that course provider will expect you as their student.
- Or if it’s conditional, the place is yours if you meet the offer conditions. So just in case you don’t, you can pick a second offer as a backup – your insurance acceptance.
Insurance acceptance – the back-up choice to a conditional firm acceptance.
- If you’re choosing an insurance, go for something with lower offer conditions – make sure it’s somewhere you’d still be happy to go to though.
- That way, if your results are lower than expected, you might still meet the conditions at your insurance choice; then you’d have your place confirmed there.
- Remember, you’ll only attend your insurance choice course if you don’t meet the conditions of your firm choice, but you do meet the conditions of your insurance. You can’t choose between your firm and insurance when you get your results, so make sure you’re happy with which is your firm and which is your insurance before you reply.
Decline – you’ll need to decline any other offers you get.
However, if you decide you don’t want to accept any of the offers, you can decline them all and add more courses in our Extra service. Alternatively, you can see what courses still have vacancies later on in our Clearing service.
You can only accept one firm choice and one insurance choice (if you choose to have one). You must decline all other offers.
Offer and Reply Combinations
- Unconditional firm (UF) – You’re in!
- Conditional firm (CF) – You’re in if you meet the conditions.
- Conditional firm (CF) and conditional insurance (CI) – You’ve made a first and second choice – you’ll be in at the first if you meet the conditions. If not, you might have met the conditions of the second – if so you’ll be on that course instead.
- Conditional firm (CF) and unconditional insurance (UI) – You’ve made a first and second choice – if you meet the conditions of the first you’ll be on that course. If not, you’ll definitely be on the second.