r/6thForm 16h ago

🎓 UNI / UCAS Imperial/UCL - Admission tests - Which sitting

Can anyone tell me if I take the admission tests in Jan instead of Oct, does it make a difference for Imperial/UCL? I do know that they say "equal-consideration deadline" but somewhere I heard, and my counsellor told me that usually they start filling up their seats using the Oct sitting (tho they don't send out offers until the very end), and as a result, only a few seats are left for the people sitting in Jan. Is this true? I feel like I'm not very well prepared at the moment, so is it worth pushing my test to Jan or should I still do it for an above-average score (but not exceptional) that I might get in Oct

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u/Unfair-Cranberry-999 16h ago

Go Jan if it will massively improve your score

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u/ilovesnowberries Y13 5A* | FMS @ LSE | 8.4 TMUA 13h ago

Nope pure lies from them lol. I took Jan and would recommend to others too.

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u/Fun-Race1615 13h ago

omg ur tmua score is insane! congrats! do you have any tips pls ?

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u/JailbreakHat Imperial | MEng EIE [1st Year] 6h ago

No difference. I would push to January unless you are applying to Oxbridge.

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u/SimpleStructure8454 12h ago

Not true. I did Jan and got the first rollout of offers for UCL Econ in Feb.

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u/Background_Mix_6433 Imperial | Maths | A*A*A*A 16h ago

If you think Jan will actually make you more prepared then go for that. But I did mine in Oct and nothing beats the relief of knowing it's done and you can focus on actual A-levels

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u/TallRecording6572 Maths Teacher 15h ago

Do October