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How to Complete Your UCAS Application 2010
£12.99
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The best-selling guide to the UCAS application.
This guide gives the inside track on making an application. It provides in-depth advice on navigating the Apply system and avoiding common mistakes, and will guide you through the decision making process; through the ins and outs of completing and submitting the application; to results day and beyond. It contains detailed advice on:
- choosing what and where to study
- interviews and what admissions tutors are looking for
- writing a winning personal statement
- late applications and deferred entry
- replying to offers
- exam results and Clearing
How to Complete Your UCAS Application 2009
£12.99
This book has been helping university applicants stay off the rejected pile for nearly 20 years. Published in association with UCAS, it gives the inside track on making your application, providing in-depth advice on navigating the Apply system and avoiding common mistakes.
It guides you step by step, from the very early stages of the decision-making process, through the ins and outs of completing and submitting your application to results day and beyond.
Fully updated to reflect recent changes, it contains detailed advice on choosing what and where to study, entry requirements and interviews and writing a winning personal statement.
Insider's Guide to Applying to University
£12.99
Full of honest insights, this book takes you all the way through the university application process, providing all the information you will need to win your place at university.
It guides you through the trickiest bits of the UCAS application form, and reveals top tips on creating a personal statement. The book also includes vital information such as:
-Tips and advice from careers advisers and current students
-Guidance on making sense of all the university information and choosing a course
-Tips for a successful interview
-Information on admissions tests
-Advice on using UCAS Extra and the Clearing process
Applying to University: The Essential Guide
£8.99
Designed to prepare students, parents and advisers for each stage of the application process.
This book, packed with all the latest information and advice, takes you step by step through choosing your subject, selecting the right university and completing the UCAS application. Guidance on writing the personal statement is given.
Its easy-to-read style also covers the fine details of finance, deferred entry and the UCAS Tariff.
Personal Statements
£14.99
How to write a UCAS personal statement.
In an increasingly competitive world, the personal statement provides the student with the chance to impress. But even the brightest applicants find the personal statement difficult to structure and write.
Now in its third edition, this essential book has guided thousands of students towards outstanding, highly individual personal statements - and acceptance by their first choice university.
This definitive guide continues to be used by top schools, colleges and careers departments for its ability to give each student the knowledge, initiative and skills required to achieve an individual UCAS statement of excellence.
How to Write a Winning UCAS Personal Statement
£12.99
The personal statement can be the most challenging part of the application and the section most agonised over. Admissions tutors will see hundreds of personal statements, so how can you make your stand out?
Based on first-hand research carried out among admissions tutors, this book guides you through the process from researching your course to selling yourself in the best way using the personal statement. It includes:
-Guidance for over 30 popular university subjects
-Top tips for successful statements and common mistakes to avoid
-Information on what admissions tutors look for in an ideal applicant
How to Write a Successful University Personal Statement Application
£17.97
As competition for university places increases, so does the importance of the Personal Statement. In approximately 600 words, prospective students must capture an hold the attention of the admissions tutors.
This engaging and easy to use guide will help to create a statement that is both compelling and convincing. the book will:
-Describe the context of the Personal Statement within the application process
-Offer advice and guidance on a range of factors which influence the statement, such as course choice, gap years and more
-Set out the essential contents of a Personal Statement and the key steps in preparation
-Help draft and refine the statement
-Provide tips on what to include and what not to include
Succeeding in your Medical School Application
£14.99
How to prepare the perfect UCAS Personal Statement.
As the competition for Medical School places continues to increase, it is more important than ever to ensure that your application reflects what the admissions tutors will be looking for. This book:
o Describes the context of the Medical School Personal Statement within the application process
o Sets out the essential contents of the Personal Statement, the key steps in its preparation and what to include and what not to include
o Drafts and refines a fictitious UCAS Personal Statement, making for a most valuable case study through which the consideration of all the important, key principles are brought to life
By using this engaging, easy to use and comprehensive book, you can remove so much of the uncertainty surrounding your medical school application.
Big Guide 2010
£31.50
(Including: VAT at 5.135%)
NEW EDITION - NOW IN STOCK
The largest, most comprehensive and accurate guide to higher education courses available.
The Big Guide is the official UCAS guide to all of the higher education courses in the UK. The book contains the main entry requirements for all courses, university datafiles containing data about each institution, and an introduction containing useful information on the application, choosing courses and much more.
The Entry Requirements CD-ROM comes with each copy and contains further entry requirements such as International Baccalaureate, BTEC, OCR, Irish Leaving Vertificate and many more. The CD-ROM can be purchased on its own below.
Entry Requirements CD-ROM 2010
£15.00
(Including: VAT at 15%)
NEW EDITION - NOW IN STOCK
Because of the range and depth of qualifications, they don't all fit in the Big Guide book, so we have put them on this CD-ROM. A copy of this CD-ROM is included with every Big Guide but you can also purchase it on its own.
It contains the complete university datafiles found in the book, as well as all entry requirements for both UK and overseas applicants, making it a very cost-effective way to access the complete information.
Big Guide 2009
£31.50
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The official universities and colleges entrance guide for 2009 entry. The essential resource for all students, advisers and careers libraries. The Big Guide is THE publication providing entry requirements for higher education courses in the UK.
This Book and CD-ROM package is the only guide to contain complete entry requirements for all UK higher education courses using the UCAS tariff. The Big guide forms an important part of a student's research and can be used in all stages leading up to the completion of the UCAS application.
The most trusted HE course guide for the last 25+ years and still the most comprehensive and accurate.
Entry Requirements CD-ROM 2009
£15.00
(Including: VAT at 15%)
This CD-ROM, which accompanies the Big Guide, is also available as a single item. Containing all of the information in the book plus more, this easy-to-use product is the definitive guide to HE courses in the UK.
The CD-ROM contains university datafiles and complete entry requirements including Access to HE, BTEC, Diploma in Foundation Studies, International Baccalaureate, the European Baccalaureate and the Irish leaving certificate. This makes it a very cost-effective way to access complete course data for UK higher education courses.
Step Up 2010
£14.95
Step Up provides a wealth of knowledge for school pupils, parents and higher education advisers on handling the tricky issues posed by university and college entrance.
Packed full of case studies, experiences and opinions of both teachers and students, Step Up is a respected and powerful publication for providing information for potential students and their advisers.
It includes information on open days and events, choosing courses and institutions, studying in Wales or Scotland, applications, admissions tests, students finances, gap years and much more.
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