Advice

We hope you find these articles interesting and helpful. Do contact us if you need advice which isn't covered here or to suggest an article you would like us to add.

This page lists a series of articles written by CIFE staff to help you with specific aspects of the sixth form. Just click on the article title.

FAQs about A-level retakes

Answers the questions you might have if you're thinking about A-level retakes

How to write a good UCAS Personal Statement

Detailed advice on how to get this most important part of a UCAS application right

Six Top Tips for an outstanding UCAS form

Tells you how to make sure that your UCAS form does the best possible job in persuading university Admissions Tutors to make you an offer.

Oxbridge and medicine interviews

Tells you what admissions tutors are looking for and how to prepare yourself to cope effectively with the interview.

Revision: The grand plan

How to organise the big push before the exam

Revise actively

Here's how to make your revision effective by making it active.

Making the best of a revision session

Getting the most from each time you revise

Survive in the exam room

How to give your very best under exam conditions

Getting Easter revision right

An article about the importance of effective revision during the Easter holiday, how a revision course can help and how to choose the right one

Easter revision course comparison

A detailed comparison of all the Easter Revision courses offered by CIFE colleges in 2011

A levels or International Foundation course?

Compares the plus and minus points of A levels and Foundation courses for the older international student

Choose the right accommodation

Describes the different sorts of student accommodation available at CIFE colleges, and explains the benefits (and possible drawbacks) of each

Crammer, tutorial or sixth form college?

An article which explains what these names mean and how they apply to CIFE colleges

A levels and alternatives to A level

Compares A levels with International Baccalaureate and the Cambridge pre-U in terms of origins, purpose, structure, availability, university attitudes etc

Choosing the right A-level subjects

Describes the main things to take into account, how to find out more, and which subjects you need for specific degrees

FAQs about A-level choice

Answers the questions students often ask about A-level choice (eg 'Are some subjects better for university entrance?')

Independent sixth-form colleges

Explains what independent sixth-form colleges offer and how to choose the right one.