Studying in Scotland is a great decision Scotland has a lot to offer for those who decide to go to uni there. What makes studying in Scotland so great? How I fell in love with this country When I told my friends that I was thinking of studying in Scotland, I was greeted with a…
How Ivy League universities deal with applications
What is studying in the USA like? Nelson Ureña is someone who has sifted through literally tens of thousands of Ivy League applications over the years. He is the man who decides what will happen to the applicants, ambitious young men and women alike – the brightest and the best. How does he make his…
Why study in England?
Why study in the UK? If someone had told me in my first or second year at secondary school that, in the future, I would be studying in London, I don’t think I would have believed them. I’m an example of the fact that even if you decide to study abroad quite late in the…
UCAS Applications
Acronyms and systems seem far more daunting than they are in reality, so here is a short explanation of how UCAS works, what it does and the part you have to play in sending off your application to study in the UK. The UK has a centralised application process for undergraduate courses, known as UCAS,…
When is it best to send your UCAS application?
The first opportunity to start applying to study in the UK comes in September, when the UCAS system opens and you can begin filling in and sending off your applications to various universities. As you no doubt realise, this means that you are applying before your secondary school results have come in, which is not…