DD is currently in year 12 and has just finished AS levels. She would like to take a year off before going to uni, mainly to get some relevant work experience for her chosen career. The job she wants to do doesn't require a specific degree or qualification but undoubtedly going in as a graduate would make her a better candidate than going in at 18 or 19. so she definitely wants to go to university for career and just general educational reasons. I was secretly quite pleased that she said she wanted to take a year off because I thought what she had in mind was to get her A2's out of the way, look at the grades, apply for a place somewhere where those grades would be acceptable. This would also mean we didn't have to go through the stress during next year (year 13) of open days and conditional offers and she could just concentrate on collegel and passing her driving test!
However, DD has said that she intends to go through the normal process of applications with her year group but just ask for deferred place. She is our oldest child and I have no idea whether this is a good idea or not. She's predicted mainly B's but told she could get an A in a couple of her subjects on a good day (!) which is another reason why I think applying with her actual grades in hand might be better although then again having conditional offers might motivate her for her A2's next year!
Does anyone have any experience of what universities think about people asking to defer entry? Wouldn't it be better to wait and see how she does in her AS's and match her applications to her actual real results? It's so long since I did all this I have no idea what is the best way to approach uni entrance these days.
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Uni - better to apply for a deferred place or apply a whole year later???
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Helpuschoose · 23/05/2015 11:09
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