What happens to my UCAS application when I click 'send'?
UCAS sends you an acknowledgement when they receive it, though you can track the progress of your application via the website.
Meanwhile, UCAS is also sending copies of your form to the universities you chose and uploading your details on to an online database, which universities can access.
Applications received after the mid-January deadline, but before June, are stamped late, and universities don’t have to consider them. Any forms UCAS gets after 1st July are automatically condemned to Clearing.
Some universities do still consider late applications, but generally in the same way a starving man considers eating charcoal. And it tends to be ones who’re not exactly brimming with glowing candidates. After all, universities can only offer the places they’ve got left.
The process for applying to certain Art & Design courses (so-called ‘Route B’) is different; see the bit about Applying for Art & Design Courses, below.
Last updated on: 18 April 2008