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 * || If you are applying for University you should be working on your Personal Statement now!
 * Make sure you are registered on UCAS apply - the link is below.
 * Make sure you have given pink reference sheets to all relevant teachers.
 * Make sure you get that Personal Statement to your Guidance teacher asap!
 * Personal Statement help is at the bottom of the page!

Completed applications, including a reference, should be sent to UCAS by the following dates. > the receipt at UCAS of applications for all medicine, dentistry, veterinary > medicine and veterinary science courses and for all courses at the universities > of Oxford and Cambridge. > > **16 January 2018 -** application deadline for the receipt at UCAS of applications > for all courses except those listed above with a 15 October deadline, and art > and design courses with a 24 March deadline. > > **25 March 2018 -** application deadline for the receipt at UCAS of applications for art and design courses except those listed with a 16 January deadline. || Useful Links Personal Statement - Use this guideline to help you write your Personal Statement.  A very simple plan: Introduction - Be enthusiastic, state clearly that you want to study this subject and in general terms why. Paragraph 1 - Outline your school studies, focusing on what you enjoy most and what is most relevant to this course. Paragraph 2 - Expand to include any school service, club membership, volunteering etc Paragraph 3 - Explain what you do in the community that relates to this application. Conclusion - Return to the point atarted in your introduction. Emphasise that you really want to do this course and explain more specifically why - possibly including your further ambitions.
 * Important Deadlines
 * Important Deadlines
 * **16 October 2017 -** application deadline for
 * [|Aberdeen]
 * [|Abertay]
 * [|Cambridge]
 * [|Dundee]
 * [|Edinburgh]
 * [|Edinburgh College of Art]
 * [|Glasgow]
 * [|Glasgow Caledonian]
 * [|Glasgow School Of Art]
 * [|Heriot Watt]
 * [|Highlands & Islands]
 * [|Napier]
 * [|Oxford]
 * [|Queen Margaret]
 * [|Robert Gordons]
 * [|Royal Conservatoire]
 * [|St Andrews]
 * [|Stirling]
 * [|Strathclyde]
 * [|What Uni?]
 * [|Hot Courses] ||

Make sure you do your Personal Statement in Word - when you have made a rough copy, email it to your Guidance Teacher for help in getting it just right! Guidance email addresses - gcockburn@scotborders.gov.uk hrichardson@scotborders.gov.uk sfobister@scotborders.gov.uk lfraser@scotborders.gov.uk jhamilton@scotborders.gov.uk

Scottish Qualifications UCAS Points Tariff - Check you have enough points for your course here.

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