UCAS Blog
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Complete UCAS Tariff roundup for 2025/26 entry — new T-Level Core scale, Scottish banding granularity, BTEC RQF crosswalk and what A-Level resit rules mean for your points.
A proven 10-step plan for Results Day morning: UCAS Hub prep, Tariff sum before 08:00, grade boundary screenshots, university phone scripts and the exact moment to call Clearing hotlines.
BTEC Extended Diploma D*D*D* vs T-Level Distinction* — both worth 168 UCAS points on paper, but which one do Russell Group unis actually prefer? Structural differences, industry placement rules and real offer data compared.
HL/SL split matters more than the raw total. Detailed breakdown mapping the most common IB predicted profiles to exact 2017-reform Tariff values plus real UK university offer comparisons.
EPQ Tariff values A* through E, which RG medical schools explicitly exclude it, which LSE + Oxbridge colleges use EPQ for reduced offers and whether resitting EPQ is ever worth it.
Scottish Highers split into Band-1 and Band-2 Tariff values inside grades A, B, C is easily missed. Which unis can see the band detail on your UCAS form and how to maximise predicted points when you're borderline Band-1.
Pop your A-Levels, BTEC, IB, Scottish Highers, T-Levels, Access units or EPQ into the free UCASCalculator tool — every grade uses the exact same 2017-reform Tariff values as the blog posts above.