UCAS predictions

[Nightwing]

DDs end of year 13 targets are Distinction (for a Btec) and C C for her A levels. DD is in year 12 and was told that their UCAS grades were submitted before getting their end of year results.
DD is on target with her Btec and has just got a C in one of her A levels and surprised everyone with an A in the other.

Are the UCAS grades that have been submitted going to have an impact on any offers she will get for university. DD can now aim higher as she’s doing better than expected but I’m worried the UCAS grades will hold her back.

Ucas predicted grades have not been submitted. Once your daughter has filled in her ucas form and sent it to school, that’s the point at which predicted grades are added.

So, conversation needed with school about making appropriate predictions which take into account her recent achievements.

What they mean by ucas grades have been submitted will just be an internal term - so the teachers have submitted them to school data. There’s NO reason they can’t be changed.

@Nightwing The whole UCAS process is controlled by the school/sixth form/college.

So your DD will enter her personal information into UCAS plus her GCSE grades and when it comes to it, her personal statement and a payment £20 for one uni or £25 for multiple. School enter her teacher reference and her UCAS predicted grades but these are changeable based on her tests/assessments that she completes.

The deadline for UCAS applications is 15th January 2022 for September 2022 entry so plenty of time to prove her grades. School are the ones who do the final submission for UCAS, ie they submit the whole thing.

Year 13 predictions are usually started in year 12 which is probably all her GCSE grades added together divided by the number she took to give a mean average. This isn't set in stone and your DD can determine her own grades either by not engaging and completing work and them coming down, or by working at it and getting the best grades she can. A C to an A jump is brilliant!

UCAS deadline is 29th of Jan this year, they’ve given them an extra couple of weeks.