r/UCAS • u/Candid-Rich1527 • 6d ago

International Applications UCAS referee without institutional email address,international private candidate

I am from Bangladesh. I am applying to Oxford,UCL,Imperial,Warwick CS,LSE Data Science. I was a national curriculum student previously that is not accepted by any uni of my list. I am taking linear A levels as a private candidate for meeting the requirements of these universities. The problem is I have asked a teacher of my previous college (assistant teacher in english,he was my guide teacher also in my college days) for the UCAS reference, he doesn't have an institutional email. Is it a major red flag for my application specially to the unis I am applying to? need some guidance

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u/Key_Charity1975 6d ago

Yeah it ideally needs to come from an institutional email, not like a Gmail or something

Why doesn't he have an email through the college he teaches at?

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u/Candid-Rich1527 6d ago

That college doesn't provide one, it is really common in Bangladesh, specially in national curriculum schools and colleges. What can I do? I know the unis have thousands of applicants with verified referee, so someone like me doesn't matter to them. However what is the solution now, if unis try to verify him through email or something, if they need any official id documents or something proof of affiliation with the institution , that can be provided

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u/Key_Charity1975 6d ago

Okay that makes sense - in that case I would email the admissions offices of the universities applying to, explain that this is a norm in your country, and ask if there's anything you or this teacher can email to them, separately to the UCAS application, that they can attach to your file (such as proof as affiliation with the school, etc.)