OK. DS going into Year 12 in September. Wants to go to Uni, obsessive about modern history / politics so likely to be a degree in that field. He's going to have to work like a demon from day 1, and refine his exam technique a LOT to get the grades required.
He started doing some online research into possible universities the other day, simply because, for him, it will really matter exactly what modules a 'history' course covers. I wondered whether it might be sensible to arrange for him to go to a couple of Open Days in the first term of Y12 (when there seem to be quite a lot, presumably mostly aimed at Y13s in the run up to application). This would partly be to give him some idea of what 'university' looks like, but mainly because he is more likely to be motivated to work hard over the next couple of years if he has a really clear and concrete aim, rather than a fuzzy 'university somewhere' one.
Is this daft / premature? Will everyone else be in Y13?
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cantkeepawayforever · 04/08/2017 09:50
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