Transcription: Some say you need a degree to understand how to apply for a degree. UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, look after most of the process and every May they send out application forms to schools and colleges and a handbook listing all the universities and all the courses available. The form has spaces for applying to up to eight courses but you don't have to use them all. You can apply to up to eight different courses at the same university, the same course at eight different universities or indeed, eight different courses at eight different universities. Although it is best i ...