Pick Up the Daily Telegraph on Results Day Clearing listings are published in the Daily Telegraph on A-level results day. Save a trip to the shops by ordering a copy to be delivered to your door. That way, you’ll have a paper copy of vacancies to refer to.
Things change quickly during Clearing, so by the time you get your hands on the Telegraph it’s listings will already be a little out of date. That doesn’t make them worthless though – they can give you a useful starting point where you can view all the clearing places at a glance and highlight courses you might be interested in.
Before you start ringing around, make sure you check the UCAS website for an updated list of vacancies in Clearing. Universities also start to publish Clearing lists on their own websites from early August, so be on your toes from then on.
Do Your Research There’s no getting away from it: results day is a stressful time, especially if things don’t go to plan. The more you can do to prepare and think about your options in advance the better off you will be on the day.
You should research the universities and courses that might interest you if you don’t get the results you expect. Until results day, no-one knows what vacancies will be in Clearing. But by getting a good idea of the unis and courses you want to target, you’ll be in a strong position if those vacancies appear in the Clearing listings.
You might fi nd it easier to work out what you defi nitely don’t want. Think about what’s important to you: location, cost, course content and so on. Having sussed that out, you can be much more focused if you do end up using Clearing.
Think back to when you originally made your fi ve choices and make a list - which universities/courses didn’t you like? If you really didn’t want to go to a campus university or a university really far from home when you originally applied then it’s pretty unlikely you’ll suddenly want to now.
Find a Quiet Place to Phone Universities
When you start calling unis, make sure you’re in a place where you feel relaxed and have easy access to a phone and the internet. Perhaps you could pop home, where there is more peace and quiet and you have everything to hand.
Clearing places do go quickly, but you have time to compose and prepare yourself. You will give a much better impression to universities and colleges if you are relaxed and calm when speaking over the phone.
Even if you’re making calls from a land line, you should ask interested unis to call you back on your mobile. That way, the line won’t be engaged if they call!
Have Your Details to Hand Have the following information to hand during your call to universities: • The phone number for the university and your own contact details
• Your Clearing number from UCAS Track • Your A-level, AS-level, GCSE and equivalent results, including module marks
• Your personal statement from your UCAS application
• Your log-in details for Track • Your notes on the course/university and any planned responses to questions
• Any questions you want to ask the university
• The name and details of anyone you have spoken to in a previous call (if you’ve called the university before)
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