Page 11 - Seaford Sixth Form Options Booklet 2021

University Responses
Once all institutions have made a decision on your application, UCAS Track will send you a summary of all responses from all the institutions to which you applied. You will then have time to decide on the two offers you wish to accept. Two offers may be selected, both conditional on certain grades:
a firm acceptance (CF)
an insurance acceptance (CI) (optional)
The latter should carry an offer which calls for lower grades than the former and should be a course at an institution you will be happy to study at for the next 3 – 4 years. You need to notify UCAS Track of the decisions by the stated deadline.
Offers are usually made in terms of A Level grades and can specify certain grades in certain subjects. Alternatively, the offer may be a tariff whereby certain qualifications attract UCAS points according to a published tariff (see below).
UCAS Tariff Points for A Level and Vocational Courses
The points are as follows:
Points
56
48
40
32
24
16
A Level
A*
A
B
C
D
E
Points
56
48
40
32
24
16
Vocational courses - equivalent to A Level BTEC: Business, Computing, Countryside Management,
Performing Arts, Sport and Travel and Tourism C-Tech: Media
Distinction* (D*)
Distinction (D)
-
Merit (M)
-
Pass (P)
Examples:
*A student achieving a BBC at A Level would earn 112 UCAS tariff points.
A student achieving a Distinction at BTEC (Single) and two B grades at A Level would achieve 128 UCAS tariff points.
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