DS was lucky enough to get 5 offers and had pretty much decided on his firm (Exeter - AAA) and Royal Holloway (ABB). Sussex has now changed their AAB offer to unconditional - if he firms them. Which, whilst very flattering, has put the cat amongst the pigeons.
DS is predicted A*AA and we've just come back from parents' eve where, of course, the importance of working really hard from now until May was really emphasised. He's currently working at ABB and all 3 teachers said he has to up his game to reach his predictions - but they all said he was more than capable of doing this.
However, DS is a natural worrier and I'm wondering whether accepting the unconditional would be a wonderful way of taking the pressure off or whether I should encourage him to stick to his guns and go with his original choices. He's looking to me for advice and if I get it wrong it will be my fault!
He's not the sort of boy to take his foot off the pedal completely even with an unconditional. But he is the sort of boy who may not completely pull out all the stops to get his predicted grades. I'm already stressing the importance of maximising his A level grades in case he decides uni isn't for him or he needs good grades at a later stage.
He's booked himself on a Sussex offer day so he can rethink. I've told him to put it out of his mind until then and bask in the luxury of thinking he's got a guaranteed place if he wants to be cautious.
Any advice?
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stonecircle · 08/01/2015 20:04
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