UCAS 2013.pdf - Hwa Chong Institution

UCAS 2013 

Instructions and information for 

current and ex-students 

ex students


►All All applications to UK universities are made 

online through ucas.com 

►Applicants Applicants are allowed up to 5 choices of 

college/university 

►Applicants Applicants to read medicine, dentistry or 

veterinary science are only allowed 4. They 

may, however, select an academic course as 

their fifth choice if they so wish


► The cost is ₤23 23 for 2-5 2 5 choices or ₤12 12 if you only choose 1 

► No UCAS application can be sent before mid-September. 

mid September. 

Applications sent before 15 th January will receive 

consideration as this is the domestic deadline. 

► However, even though it is not guaranteed to be 

considered, as an overseas applicant you can still submit 

your application after this date as long as it is before June 

30 th 

► The advice is: the earlier you apply the better 

► N.B. Oxford and all medicine, dentistry and veterinary 

science courses have their own deadline of 15 th October. 

For Cambridge it is even earlier: 20 th September. No 

applications will be entertained after these dates


►All All current and ex HCI students will apply 

using the HCI portal 

►You You gain access to this after registering with 

UCAS 

►To To register go to ucas.com and click Apply:

UCAS 2013


►Then Then click Register/login to use Apply 2013:



►On On the next screen, which opens in a new 

window, click Register:



►After After registering you will be given your 

username 

►Do Do not lose this. You will use it every time 

you log in 

►You You can lose your password as it can be 

reset (just email me: chris@hci.edu.sg) chris@hci.edu.sg) 

but 

your username cannot be replaced


►When When you first log in you will asked how 

you are applying 

►Please Please select the first radio button Through 

my school/college 

►This This instruction applies to all ex-students ex students as 

well


►At At the next screen you will be asked for the 

HCI buzzword 

►This This year’s year s buzzword is: passion


►After After verifying that HCI is your 

school/college you will be asked to choose 

your tutor/application group 

►All All current students should select their 

present CT group 

►All All ex-students ex students (except Humanities) should 

select Ex-Students 

Ex Students 

►All All Humanities students should select their 

personal tutor group


►The The next screen will give you your personal 

ID (which you must not lose as it needs to 

be quoted if you need to contact UCAS) 

►You You will also be asked to verify the email 

address you have given in the registration 

process 

►After After this has been done you will be able to 

start your application proper


►A A UCAS application has 8 sections: personal 

details, student finance, choices, education, 

employment, statement, view all details, 

and pay/send 

►You You have to complete all of these 

►Your Your CT will check your application for 

errors and then add your reference and 

predicted grades 

►When When everything is complete he/she will 

send your application to UCAS


► If you are an ex-student ex student you must contact your former civics 

tutor (or another teacher if there are good reasons for this) 

and ask for a reference 

► If this referee is a current C2 CT you should write to Mr Burge 

(chris@hci.edu.sg 

chris@hci.edu.sg) ) and he will re-assign re assign you to the appropriate 

CT group. The teacher concerned will then process your 

application along with all his/her current students 

► If your referee is not a current C2 CT you should ask for your 

reference to be emailed to Mr Burge and he will then oversee 

your application and send it off 

► N.B. As an ex-student ex student the responsibility for the successful 

completion of your application process rests firmly with 

yourself


►Personal Personal Details: 

►These These are quite straightforward except for 

Date of first entry to UK 

►You You should enter a date that precedes the 

first start date of the courses you are 

applying for e.g.


►Incidentally, Incidentally, wherever you see a 

►Or Or a 

►You You should click on them (even if you think 

you know the answer) as they are always 

very helpful and, in the case of the latter, 

often absolutely necessary


►For For instance, if you click on the next 

to Date of first entry to UK you will get this 

pop up


►The The only question in this section that needs 

careful thought is the one regarding student 

support (i.e. who is going to pay your fees) 

►Here Here all male Singaporeans and all other 

applicants who will definitely need a PSC 

scholarship should choose


►Everybody Everybody else should choose 

►At At the bottom of this section (all all others) 

please make sure you check the section 

completed box and click save. You can undo 

this at any time, so don’t don t worry


►Student Student Finance: 

►This This is a new section. It is for your 

information only. Please check that you 

have read it:


►Choices: Choices: 

►This This section is where you add your choices 

of course and university 

►All All of the boxes here can be confidently and 

accurately filled in if you click on all the 

and



►An An example of a Cambridge application to 

read Law at Emmanuel College:



►And And one for the same subject at UCL:



► Your summary screen will display all your choices 

and will also inform you of any additional tests or 

requirements that are necessary as a result of 

applying for a particular course and/or university 

► Please research and comply with these fully. 

Failure to do so will result in an invalid application 

► In the present example both Cambridge and UCL 

Law applications have such extra requirements:



► Examples of tests that you may be required to take 

include: 

► LNAT for Law at some universities 

► BMAT for Medicine at some universities 

► UKCAT for Medicine at some universities 

► Oxford TSA for (amongst others) PPE and Economics & 

Management at Oxford 

► ELAT for English Lit at Oxford 

► HAT for History at Oxford 

► PAT for Physics at Oxford 

► Cambridge TSA for Computer Science, Economics, 

Engineering, Natural Sciences and PPS at Cambridge


►Education: Education: 

►If If you are an HCI IP boy you will need to: 

►Add Add HCI 

►Enter Enter your H1, H2 and H3 subjects 

►Enter Enter your IP Sec 4 English grade 

►Enter Enter your other Sec 4 subject grades


►If If you are an IP girl you will need to: 



►Add Add your secondary school 

►Enter Enter your IP English Sec 4 grade 

►Enter Enter your other Sec 4 subject grades


►If If you are a non-IP non IP student you will need 

to: 



►Add Add your secondary school 

►Enter Enter your O level subject grades


►This This is your start screen with its choice of 

highest qualification:



►To To add HCI just click on 

►And And you will get a pop up window into 

which you type “Hwa Hwa” and then click search



►After After selecting Hwa Chong Institution from 

the search results you can then complete 

the rest of the details. This is what a High 

School Boy would enter (any other student 

would have a start date of January 2011):



► After clicking save you can then start to add the 

H1, H2 & H3 qualifications you already have or will 

have as a result of your studying here for either 2 

or 6 years 

► If you are an IP student then you should choose: 

Singapore – Integrated Programme – Cambridge 

GCE Advanced Level from the list displayed 

► If you are a non-IP non IP student you should choose: 

Singapore – Cambridge GCE Advanced Level (NEW 

– first award 2006) from the list displayed



► Enter all your H1, H2 and H3 subjects 

► The date for Project Work and any other H1 taken last year 

is November 2011 

► The date for all other subjects is November 2012 

► The Awarding Organisation is CIE for all subjects except 

Mother Tongue which is SEAB 

► The Grade for all subjects except Project Work or Mother 

Tongue (if it has already been taken) is Pending 

► This is an example of an IP student’s student s GCE A Level Biology 

H2 qualification:



►And And here is an IP student’s student s Chinese H1 

qualification gained last year:



►After After adding all the qualifications from 

his/her study at HCI from 2011 to 2012 an 

IP student’s student s screen will look like this:



►If If you’re you re a non-IP non IP student then your 

completed A level screen will look like this 

(notice that the only difference is the title of 

the type of A level examination itself):



►If If you are an IP boy or girl you should now 

click on add qualifications and again on 

Singapore-Integrated Singapore Integrated Programme-English 

Programme English- 

Language-Qualification 

Language Qualification 

►Then Then enter the details accordingly:



►If If you are an HCI IP boy you should click on 

Other (International Non-EU Non EU Qualifications) 

►Enter Enter all your other Sec 4 subject grades 

here 

►Ignore Ignore Module/unit1 

►Here Here is an example:



►If If you are an IP girl you will need to add 

your secondary school 

►Click Click find and type in your school 

►A A pop up window will show you that your 

school is not in the list 

►Click Click on My school/centre is not listed here 

and manually enter the name 

►Leave Leave the centre number blank




►You You can now enter your Sec 4 IP subject 

grades in the manner previously described 

for the HCI IP boys


►If If you are a non-IP non IP student then you should 

add your secondary school in the manner 

already described for the IP girls 

►You You should then click on add qualifications 

►And And click on Singapore-Cambridge Singapore Cambridge GCE 

Ordinary Level from the alphabetically 

arranged list


►You You can then add all your subjects and 

grades manually 

►As As for your H1, H2 and H3 subjects the 

Awarding organisation is CIE except for 

Mother Tongue subjects when it is SEAB 

►Here Here is an example of an O level Chemistry 

qualification:


►Employment: 

Employment: 


►You You have had none and are not expected to 

have had any 

►Unless Unless you are an ex-student ex student when you may 

have something to enter here. Singaporean 

males can enter their National Service 

details if they wish


►Personal Personal statement: 

►This This is a very important section 

►There There is help available onscreen for this 

►But But basically you have to show why offering 

you a place to read the subject you’re you re 

applying for makes very good sense


► This could be because of your aptitude and 

passion 

► Or your achievements in relevant areas 

► Or even your character and goals, which can often 

be demonstrated by your CCAs as much as by 

your academic pursuits 

► Whatever information you use should be 

presented clearly and unpretentiously 

► Remember – this is the only place where your 

voice can be heard, so make it a nice one


► View all details: 

► This section is compulsory because it is your last chance to 

see what you have entered and to ascertain that (a) it is 

correct and (b) nothing has been omitted 

► Your CT will also look through your application but there 

have been cases where important information has been 

missed out and not spotted e.g. Sec 4 subject grades, 

Project Work, GP, H3 subjects, Mother Tongue in the 

Education section. 

► A complete list of your current subjects is particularly 

crucial as only the subjects you have entered will display 

predicted grade boxes on your referee’s referee s screen – and as a 

result some applications have previously been sent without 

any evidence of, say, an H3 subject being studied


►Pay/send: Pay/send: 

►As As HCI students you have the option to pay 

by credit card or cheque.


►Payment Payment by credit card is preferred 

►However, However, if this is not possible you may pay 

by cheque or bank draft (payable to UCAS 

with your name, CT and UCAS ID written on 

the back) for ₤23 23 or ₤12 12 

►You You should submit this to Ms Josephine 

Thoo in the Higher Education Unit as soon 

as you can after your application has been 

sent to UCAS


►UK UK universities should accept either an 

English Language O level or an IP English 

Language qualification as proof of your 

English proficiency 

►If If you later receive a request to take an 

IELTS test in order to satisfy this 

requirement please contact Ms Ong Doo 

Guat at the HE Unit (ongdg@hci.edu.sg 

( ongdg@hci.edu.sg) ) 

and she will take your case up with MOE


►A A note on Law: 

►To To practise Law in Singapore you need to 

graduate from a recognised university 

►You You can find a list of these at: 

►http://app2.mlaw.gov.sg/UsefulInfo/Practice 

http://app2.mlaw.gov.sg/UsefulInfo/Practice 

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versities/tabid/264/Default.aspx


►A A note on Medicine: 

►To To become a doctor in Singapore you need 

to have graduated from a recognised course 

►You You can find a list of these here: 

►http://www.healthprofessionals.gov.sg/cont 

http://www.healthprofessionals.gov.sg/cont 

ent/dam/hprof/smc/docs/becoming_register 

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► A note on university choice: 

► There is a potentially bewildering number of 

degree awarding institutions in the UK. For nearly 

all of you, however, there are only 41 that matter. 

The rest are, for the most part, "upgraded" 

polytechnics or places that specialise in vocational 

courses of one type or another. Unless you have 

specific information about one of these institutions 

or a particular course that is unavailable elsewhere 

you are advised NOT to apply to them. There may 

be exceptions but you are also unlikely to gain a 

scholarship to go to one of these. The 41 are:

► ENGLAND & WALES: 

► Oxford 

► Cambridge 

► London 

► Durham 

► Bristol 

► Exeter 

► York 

► Birmingham 

Birmingham 

► Warwick 

Warwick 

► Kent 

► Nottingham 

► Leeds 

► Southampton 

► Sheffield 

► Manchester 

► Liverpool 

► Lancaster 

► Sussex 

► Surrey 

► Reading 

► Leicester 


Loughborough 

► East Anglia 

► Loughborough 

East Anglia 

► Essex 

► Aston 

► Bath 

► Swansea 

► Bradford 

► Cardiff 

► Aberystwyth 

► Keele 

► Hull 

► Bangor 

► SCOTLAND: 

► Edinburgh 

► Glasgow 

► Strathclyde 

► St Andrews 

► Stirling 

► Dundee 

► Heriot-Watt 

Heriot Watt 

► Aberdeen


►Finally: Finally: 

►You You do not need to complete your 

application at one go so always save your 

work in progress 

►If If you get locked out of your account you 

will be allowed back in after 24 hours. If 

you need urgent assistance please email 

me, Mr Burge: chris@hci.edu.sg

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