In the UK those looking to go to university face a bewildering array of possibilties - there are around 50,000 courses spread between 300 universities available through UCAS. Not only do students need to choose the most suitable courses for them, they also need to select universities.

COA's most popular product, Centigrade, helps narrow down these choices by providing a student with a selection of courses based on their own interests and school subjects.

An ideal companion to Centigrade is Degree Course Descriptions - this package provides students with an invaluable resource for finding out what over 120 of the most popular degree courses actually entail. Degree Course Descriptions is now also available as a book.

Once students have decided on their courses, they then have to fill in the UCAS application form containing the dreaded personal statement. 60 Successful Personal Statements provides a set of guidelines for writing personal statements, followed by a set of actual student statements which proved successful in their applications. In addition, the editors provide additional comments on why these statements proved successful.