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How much detail should I give about a student's personality?
If highlighting a student's personal qualities will strengthen the application then it is relevant, particularly if these qualities are beneficial to their academic capabilities or their career choice.
Providing a reference
- How do I add a reference?
- One member of staff who is a referee can't edit a reference, why is this?
- What exactly are universities and colleges looking for?
- How can I give my students the best chance of getting offers for everywhere they have applied?
- This applicant left our school two years ago and I don't know what he has been doing since, what should I write in his reference?
- How much detail should I give about a student's personality?
- I was not aware of this applicant's career plans until I read about them in her personal statement. I am not convinced that she has made the best career choice.
- Where do I enter the predicted grades?
- Should I refer to a student's performance in specific modules?
- Should I include a reference for an AS level subject the student is not taking to A level?
- This applicant has wanted to go to a specific university since she attended a summer school there in Year 10. Should I highlight this?
- Should I vary the text about the school? I want to avoid 'cutting and pasting' and my references being the same.
- Does the reference need to be completed by the head teacher or college principal?
- Should I ever submit additional material or references other than that provided through the UCAS process?
- Should details of our school's policy on certification of qualifications be included in our students' references?
- We missed the predicted grades off - can we add them?
- I'm an independent referee - how do I add a reference?