<p>Hello! I have some questions regarding UK that I can't seem to find on the net.</p>
<p>First off: What should you send with the UCAS and the school form? Should you send Letters of Recommendations? What should you write about in the personal statement?</p>
<p>Secondly: Does the Colleges have different prestige, level of teaching (e.g. better teachers) and so on. And if so, how much of a difference are there. If you send a "open" application, will they send you to the College that you qualify for anyway, or will they send you to the one with the least applicants.</p>
<p>In UK universities can you apply for two different programs at the same University? Also, where could I find information about admittance rate to different programs (thinking of applying for Natural Sciences Cambridge but it seems quite popular so maybe I don't stand a chance).</p>
<p>Lastly, I would like a list of top 5 UK universites for Natural Science and/or Engineering (don't rank Oxford and Cambridge together as you can't apply for both).</p>
<p>Thank you, Andrew.</p>
<p><em>Edit</em> Oh, and if you've written articles in a subject that might be related to the program you are applying to, should you attach the too?</p>
<p>I know that ECs don't have the same impact as in the US, but if the EC is related to the program you are applying for, should you write them? and Where?</p>
<p><em>bump</em> .....</p>
<p>If you look around the cambridge website ypu will find the statistics on number of applications to the programs.</p>
<p>you seem to have quite a few confusions regarding application to UK universities, and are confusing somne oxbridge specific bits with general UCAS applications.</p>
<p>On UCAS you can apply to up to 6 courses (can apply for more than one course at university).
If you apply to oxford or cambridge, then you pick a colege, or do an open application where they assign you to a college with relatively few applicants.</p>
<p>I may write more when I have time.</p>
<p>Thank you for replying. About the ECs and paper I've done in the subject, is that relevant? or won't they take that into consideration.</p>
<p>Also, I found a site that said "they rarely ask you for Letters of Recommendations for Undergraduate studies" which I find strange as there are quite many applicants to some UK Universities. I mean, how do they distinguish between good and brilliant with all the students that apply?</p>
<p>The sites URL is: <a href="http://www.infozee.com/application-issues/reco.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.infozee.com/application-issues/reco.htm</a></p>
<p>You UCAS form (application form) will consist of the following parts:
Your personal statement (why you want to do x course)
Your reference (only one, from a teacher, who will normally include comments from other teachers ect.)
Your grade/predicted grades
Any employment (doesn;t matter if this is none)
So you do have a reference.
The primary admissions criteria is grades, but some universities also interview. Personal statement and reference are also important.</p>
<p>You will have the opportunity to mention your related ECs in your personal statement when explaining why you want to do that specific course, but you don't list them. Since you apply through ucas.com, it's an online application, and I don't think you'll have the opportunity to attach any documents. [url=<a href="http://www.studential.com/%5DStudential%5B/url">http://www.studential.com/]Studential[/url</a>] has some PS guides and examples that you can look at.</p>
<p>From next year on, I believe that you can only apply to five courses and you may apply for one or more subjects at one university.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses, they truly answered my questions :). I was quite confused about what to include, but it's quite clear to me now.</p>
<p>elevatorlove, the link that you sent me, "Studential", seems great.</p>
<p>I have some follow-up questions though. Especially about the reference. </p>
<p>The teacher that will write my Letter of Recommendation (or reference) has no knowledge of my achievements in any other subject than physics. So how should I include the other teachers comments in the reference? And switching referee isn't an option, as he is the one that knows me the best and could truly write a great letter. Is it recommended to have others comments or is it sufficient with this one teacher?</p>
<p>I will graduate from my secondary school in about a month, so I guess no predicted grades are required.</p>
<p>yes, if you already have your grades, then you include these, no predicted grades are needed. If you are applying for physics then having your physics teacher write you reference is your best bet. I would advise meeting with him and telling him what you would like to include (some extra curricular and character stuff) and also, if it is physics, to have some contribution from other relevant teachers, such as maths. For example, he might write "John in a sublime student with a brilliant work ethic, this is supported by his maths marks which were the highest in the year and his maths teacher who describes him as 'extremely able and passionate." Referees can be left to their own style, but that is just an example of how mine was constructed.
Although you want your reference to be primarily academic, it is useful to inform them of some other things you do, and to include some personal stuff like "John brings a spark to the classroom with his great sense of humour" or whatever. [those were rather cliched examples!]</p>