If you are a current A-level student, chances are you’ve had 15 January circled on your calendar for some time – the deadline for Ucas applications.
With the deadline for university selection fast approaching, now is the time for students to do their final research and preparation before submitting their application.
This year, universities and schools are reporting what seems to be a spike in tuition payment scams targeting college and university students. International students in particular appear to be a target for bad players trying to take advantage of unsuspecting young adults and their families navigating a variety of new situations in unfamiliar surroundings.
Interviewers at Oxford University aren’t interested in how much you know. They’re interested in how you think.
Which is why the questions asked in interviews are never quite straightforward.
Helpfully, the university has released sample questions for different subjects, and provided explanations about what the interviewers are really looking for.
The five questions below are chosen and explained by real interviewers at Oxford colleges.
If you’re one of the thousands of students that have decided to study in the US this year, you may be aware that unfortunately you cannot escape the dreaded piece of personal writing, even as an international student.
Last updated at 17.30 on 18 August 2016
A Level Results are out. Whether you’ve already worked up the nerves to log into Ucas Track and checked the status of your university place, or are on your way to collect the all-important envelope, the moment of truth is well and truly upon us.
Whatever your results are, rest assured that you are in good company, and you’re never out of options. I'll be keeping you updated throughout the day, scroll down for older posts.
As students across the country receive their A level results, elements of anxiety and stress may start to emerge. Months of hard work and sustained focus coupled with the pressure of having to make crucial decisions about the immediate and long-term future can leave students feeling overwhelmed.
For European Union students who are currently eligible to pay EU rates at UK universities, tuition could become more expensive if they are charged international student rates instead, or if they are not eligible for EU funding and loans.
Cambridge, Harvard, Imperial, Stanford, Durham, Williams – these are among the world’s top universities, and institutions that have great appeal and inspire awe in many students considering degree study. If you are thinking of applying to these or other highly selective US or English universities or liberal arts colleges, this article is written for you.
IELTS, TOEFL, CPE, CAE, they all have one thing in common: these collections of letters are an obstacle you need to overcome provided you are an international student and want to study at an English-speaking university. This can be nerve-racking, time-consuming and expensive. However, it is a requirement that is not disputable and questioning the exam itself does not get you anywhere, so the best thing to do is to accept it and try to make the best out of it. This article aims at helping you to do that.
More than 4,000 students began their Ucas personal statement with exactly the same opening line as more than a thousand other students. So much for standing out from the crowd.
Ucas has released the most common opening lines from the 2015 application cycle. Almost all of them featured general assertions about the applicant’s motivation, but the seventh most common phrase was specific to one degree course, used identically by 211 applicants.