UCAS Applications for 2026 Entry

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Following on from the very supportive thread for 2025 entry, I thought I would start a new one for 2026 as once more into the fray I go . . .

This will be a totally different experience for me this time as DC is applying for Art courses which require a portfolio to be submitted. She meets the standard grade requirements for all courses but I expect so much will be dependent on the portfolio?

Until recently she has been adamant that she doesn’t want to move away which greatly limited her options as there is only one university within commutable distance however I’m led to believe this Uni is very difficult to get into. She has now said that she’s “open to the idea of moving away” (too soon for me to be thinking of that, I’m still not used to the older one being away from home!)

I would love to hear from anyone else who has a DC applying for 2026, which subject they are applying for and which universities they are applying to ☺️

There’s another thread running and a few others still waiting

Everybody on the other thread seem to have got their results via text/email so they may not have signed up properly. DD got her results by text at 8.30.

No idea how to link . Other thread running in Scotsnet is ;
2026 SQA exams - is there a thread ? More people posting over there .

Had to wait for the postie here! He’s not long been and my DS got the A in Classics he needed as well as all As in the advanced highers he did. Off to Edinburgh University for him!

So DDs text and email came through at 8am (not that she got up until 10 to check it). DS1s email came through at 9.30am - turns out he only ever signed up for emails. DS2's results never came through electronically, he must not have signed up properly, though he is adamant that he did, and he was getting all the support emails. He got his in the post at 12.30, so alls well that ends well. DD and DS2 happy, DS1 a bit disappointed but he;s still done really well.