Use College as UCAS centre when on gap year or apply independently

[sudokufiend]

Hi

College have offered to act as ucas centre for DC who left last year and is on a gap year.

Are there any advantages or disadvantages of doing this over applying independently?

Thanks

So long as the school provides a good recommendation letter in time for the application to go off, as well as sending transcripts when requested, I don't really see that it makes any difference. It may be that if it is "officially" involved those things will happen more smoothly?

Who else would write the reference if he applied independently?