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Higher Education Timeline 2021/22
Higher Education Timeline Here you will find useful information regarding key dates for university applications, deadlines and tips. The Institute for Higher Education and Professional Insight at Sevenoaks is a multi-professional endeavour. Our students benefit from a range of sources of high quality careers guidance; with a team of 13 dedicated staff, including a Head of US and International university applications and specialist teachers. We also draw on expertise from parents, alumni, employers, universities and agencies including UCAS and various external specialists. The Professional Insight programme is blended so that students have multiple interactions inside and outside of school, and this is being enhanced annually. Our students have the opportunity to hear from universities and employers, to network with alumni, to do work experience, to do entrepreneurial challenges, to develop their professional knowledge and be reflective about their skills and their future plans. We are based in the Global Study Centre and you are welcome to drop in at any time between 8:30am-4:30pm every day.
UK Lower Sixth Timeline UK Lower Sixth Timeline
Michaelmas Term Summer Term
October • Programme of Friday 4 university and professional insight talks and
• Medicine/Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry applicants meet with HE Adviser Old Sennockian careers forum
• Follow-up individual Higher Education interviews on request
November
• Lower Sixth Higher Education introductory assembly May
• Begin individual Firefly HE profile • Higher Education information evening for students and parents
June
Lent Term Early June
• Predicted IB Diploma grades given to students via Tutors and sent to parents
January after half term
• My UniChoices - Higher Education Questionnaire (optional)
Last week of June
February • Higher Education day and UCAT and LNAT workshops for Medicine and Law
• Careers Fair • Subject-specific Personal Statement workshops with HODs and HE Advisers,
• Oxford and Cambridge information evening for Sevenoaks and local schools register with UCAS, US application workshops (including essay writing),
• Programme of Friday 4 university-related talks including university optional UCAT and LNAT workshops
admissions tutors www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/register
• Individual Higher Education meetings with subject specific HE Advisers
• Develop individual Firefly HE profile of research, information, advice and End of June
guidance • Allocated time for Personal Statement writing and application preparation
• Beginners’ Guides to Degrees in… series delivered by Heads of Departments • First draft of Personal Statement submitted to Tutor
and HE Advisers
More Information
For more information please visit:
https://sevenoaksschool.fireflycloud.net/he/ucas
www.thescholarshiphub.org.uk
www.gov.uk/student-finance/overview
https://sevenoaksschool.fireflycloud.net/he
UK Upper Sixth Timeline UK Upper Sixth Timeline
Michaelmas Term Lent Term
September January
• Predicted Extended Essay and TOK grades given to students • UCAS Next Steps talk
• Post qualification applicants: submit UCAS application to school
• Submission of early applications Oxbridge and Medicine-related courses 15 January
• Individual UCAS exit interviews with Senior HE Adviser • UCAS entry deadline for majority of undergraduate courses
• Completed applications can be paid for and sent to UCAS. Applications can’t
be sent until all sections are complete, the school reference is added, and February
the application fee has been paid. (Once you go through ‘pay and send’ the • UCAS Extra opens for those with no offers
application is sent to the school, we then add the school reference and meet www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track/track-your-
with students before we send to UCAS.) application/extra-choices
October March/April
• Medicine BMAT admissions test workshop with Medic Portal • Most UK offers received by end of April
www.themedicportal.com • Firm and insurance choices made via UCAS Track
• Submission of all other UCAS applications
Summer Term
15 October
• UCAS deadline for all applications for Oxbridge, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine May
and Dentistry IB exams
November Early May
• Mock interview practice in school with HODs/HE Advisers UK applicants reply to offers on UCAS Track
www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/login
3 November
• BMAT and Cambridge and Oxford Admissions Tests July
www.admissionstestingservice.org • 6 July - IB results released – Clearing opens
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/tests
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/admission-assessments August
Mid-August
• A-Level results and Clearing
www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track/results/no-offers-
use-clearing
More Information
For more information please visit: https://sevenoaksschool.fireflycloud.net/he/ucas
US Higher Education Timeline - Lower Sixth US Higher Education Timeline - Lower Sixth
The following checklist is designed to take you from the Lower Sixth to the Summer Term
submission and decision of your US University Applications. Feel free to
add your own milestones/targets. Attend weekly US prep workshops
Request recommendations from teachers
Michaelmas Term Attend second meeting with HE Adviser
Attend introductory HE US Admissions talk Register with Common App and Bridge-U
Attend US university visits Complete Common App essay and create final list of universities
Commence standardised testing Attend HE day
• Prep for SATs
• October: Register for SATs/ACTs (If you think you might qualify for Summer Break
accommodations, please contact Learning Support and email CYB! They
will advise you) Visit universities if possible and set shortlist
• December: Take SATs/ACTs • Confirm all deadlines and requirements for shortlist
• Link shortlist with Application Portal
Lent Term • Prepare draft supplements for shortlist schools
If needed, prepare for final standardised tests
Attend three mandatory US Application Intro talks, followed by weekly preparation
sessions • July: take ACT; or August: take SAT (US only)
• July: alternatively, register for September or October ACT or October SAT tests
If needed, prepare for second SAT/ACT
• January: register for second SAT/ACT
• February: take ACT; or March: take SAT
Attend individual meeting with US Adviser
Take weekly actions to develop your profile:
• Reading
• Writing/Thinking
• Talking
• ReflectingUS Higher Education Timeline - Upper Sixth US Higher Education Timeline - Upper Sixth
Michaelmas Term Lent Term
Confirm plans and docs with CYB If accepted ED or EDII
• Confirm transcripts • Accept your place
• Confirm recommenders • Withdraw from all other schools (including all non-US Schools); caveat -
• Confirm schools, scholarships and deadlines you can accept at a US state school over ED
Meet with US Adviser If Waitlisted
If needed, prepare for final standardised tests • Meet with US Adviser
• Prepare and submit letters of continued interest
• September or October: take ACT
• October: take SAT
Easter
Finalise application strategy
• Choose ED/EA/REA/ED2/RD/Scholarships If accepted RD
• Confirm on Application Portal (BridgeU) • Accept your chosen place by May 1 (or school’s deadline)
• Confirm requirements and set your own application deadlines • Withdraw from all other schools as soon as possible to allow others off of
• Send official SAT/ACT/Subject Matter scores to Colleges the waitlist
• If you are deciding between your US offer and a conditional UK offer,
Finalise applications consider a request to defer your US offer. Please discuss this with your
• Finalise Common App and essay US Adviser
• Finalise supplements
If Waitlisted
• Finalise additional submissions
• Meet with US Adviser
APPLY • Prepare and submit letters of continued interest
Here are some common deadlines but check your specific schools and scholarships
• October 15: internal deadline for early decision/early action
More Information
• November 30: UC deadlines
• December 1: USC and other scholarship deadlines; Texas deadlines For more information please visit:
• January 1 – (external deadline January 15): most ED2 and RD deadlines https://sevenoaksschool.fireflycloud.net/he/usinternational
Complete your interviews for early applicationsUS Higher Education Timeline
Registering for SAT tests
You will need to set up an account with Collegeboard
(www.collegeboard.org) to sign up for SAT tests
Sevenoaks School acts as a test centre for the SAT tests only. You can register for
ACT tests at other locations (www.actstudent.org/regist/intldates)
Sevenoaks sessions are ‘closed’. You will need to type in the Centre codes when
booking your test as Sevenoaks will not appear on the drop down list of centres.
Our test centre number for SATs is High School Code 724681 and the
Test Centre Code 57161
Test dates at Sevenoaks School for the coming academic year are:
2 October 2021 SAT
4 December 2021 SAT
12 March 2022 SAT
There will be additional test dates available at other locations on:
August 28 2021 SAT
May 7 2022 SAT
You will be asked to pay an administration fee to Collegeboard or ACT for the
marking of the test.
Applying internationally (excluding US/UK)
A meeting will be offered to you with a HE Adviser in the Lent and Summer
terms. Throughout the year, visits are held from universities in the US and other
international destinations.Useful Resources
UK Applications Parent Information
www.ucas.com/parents
UCAS Course Search
http://digital.ucas.com/search Student Finance
www.gov.uk/student-finance/overview
QS Rankings - World University Rankings
www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings
US Applications
UNISTATS Course Comparison
https://unistats.ac.uk/ Websites
Resources for students moving on to HE USA College Day - September, Central London
www.prospectseducationresources.co.uk/ http://www.fulbright.org.uk/events/usa-college-day-2020
UK University Search The Fulbright Commission
www.ukuniversitysearch.com/ www.fulbright.org.uk/
Complete University Guide Ranking SAT
www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings www.collegeboard.org
Guardian University Ranking by Subject ACT
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2019/jun/07/university- www.act.org
league-tables-2020
US News and World Report Times Higher Education For Unofficial Rankings
University of London Course Taster Programme www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings
www.london.ac.uk/tasters.html
Times Higher Education For Unofficial Rankings
MOOC - preparing for university: Free online courses at Future Learn www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings
www.futurelearn.com/courses/preparing-for-uni
University Open Days
Publications
www.opendays.com/
School Leaver Programmes, Degree Apprenticeships and Work Insight The Good Schools Guide: Uni in the USA
Opportunities So you want to study in America? - Jon Tabbert
https://pathwayctm.com
The Best 382 Colleges - The Princeton Review
Fiske Guide to CollegesSevenoaks School, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HU Telephone +44 (0)1732 455133 Fax +44 (0)1732 456143 Email: admin@sevenoaksschool.org www.sevenoaksschool.org
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