Dis your kid's school pay for their UCAS application, or did you have to pay for it?

[ArcheryAnnie]

Just that, really. I didn't know you had to pay for it.

Comeaway just to warn you, you're looking at more than double that audition fee for most Conservatoires. It is eye watering but most offer waivers if you're a low income family.

Just looked it up. Birmingham is £75 but Guildhall is a whopping £112!

Had to pay audition fees for dd too but there was no UCAS for her.

Thank Christ I have finally found information on this, as I am going through this just now with my eldest...when I was at high school years ago I am sure we didn't cough up the admin fee, it was paid by the high school?

Thank you so so much. Didn't know that was the case until today. Why don't schools explain these things??!?

DS has just submitted the form tonight. I noticed on the screen it goes to the high school then on to UCAS.

So glad I found this thread!! Thank goodness for the MN Oracle 🙏

£28.50. It's really went up in price since 2019!!

https://www.ucas.com/students-eligible-free-school-meals-fsm#the-application-fee

There are fee waivers. The UCAS site is fairly transparent and straightforward to navigate for info like this.

We are living in the USA at the moment. Paying 28 quid for our child to apply via UCAS was a major saving. Here it's about $70 per application (as in per college applied to). People whose kids are applying to 10 colleges are forking out $700. It's a rip off really. And sending results certificates from the College Board to the UK electronically can cost up to $40 a go.

It's free if you're eligible for free school meals. Otherwise yes, the applicant pays.

@ArcheryAnnie hopefully you realise that, unless your child is eligible for a full maintenance loan, you will also need to contribute to their living costs at uni.

@habitable This thread is from 2019 so she's probably worked it out by now 🤣

Haha I didn't notice it was a zombie thread 😂

Might be an old thread, but it answered my questions so it's still relevant even five years on🤷‍♀️

we, parents, paid. It's optional isn't it ? Not everyone applies for uni, some will do apprenticeships or take a gap year etc so why would the school pay for some but not all ?