Daniel · Year 12, Manchester
Wants Computer Science at a strong UK university, predicted AAB-AAA, prefers Northern campus + bursary availability.
Daniel attends a comprehensive sixth form in Manchester. Top of class for Computer Science, won regional coding competition. Predicted A in CS, A in Maths, B in Physics. UCAS deadline approaching — needs to choose 5 universities to apply to.
Identify 5 UK universities offering Computer Science where typical tariff is ≤AAA, ranked by graduate outcomes signal.
How the platform was used, step by step.
- 11. Universities subject filter
Universities → narrow to Computing offerings. The 24-subject matrix shows 130+ UK unis offer CS as a degree.
- 22. Tier filtering
Top-50 ranking band (Russell Group core): Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Imperial, UCL, KCL, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick all teach Computing.
- 33. Tariff-realistic shortlist
Imperial (A*A*A — stretch), UCL (A*A*A — stretch), Manchester (AAA — realistic), Leeds (AAA — realistic), Sheffield (AAB — safety), Southampton (AAB — safety).
- 44. Consider Northern + cost
Manchester (commute home), Leeds (Russell Group), Sheffield (good CS dept + strong bursary), Lancaster (Top-100, AAB). Northern preference satisfied without crossing London cost-of-living.
UCAS picks: Manchester (firm), Leeds (insurance), Sheffield + Lancaster (safety), Imperial (aspiration). Avoided overcommitting to London where bursaries are competitive. Daniel's dad downloaded the comparison PDF for the family WhatsApp.
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Tariff requirements estimated from heuristic + Discover Uni data import (where available). · Persona is illustrative; circumstances synthesised from MVP user-research patterns.