Thread 22 Covid Cohort - Creeping towards the Future - Personal Statements and Interviews

@singingstones so sorry to hear about your cat - we are cat people here too and DD has become very close to our cat since the DS2 moved away to uni 3 years ago. She would go to pieces if anything happened to her. Sending hugs

Just heard yesterday from DD (third hand) that school - who have had DD's form for 3 weeks now (she submitted early) and counting may keep hold of it and not send for another 2 weeks?!? As lots of friends are Oxbridge and Medics she is the only one in the friendship group who has submitted to school and not been sent (others are still looking around and struggling to do PS etc) . DD says it is not equitable and says she should have added Oxbridge in and then after submission removed it and swapped to her preferred uni just to ensure it was sent early.

Emailed school - just enquiring as to where we are in the process.......let's see if that's enough of a nudge ....otherwise a call on Monday (Admin were emailing DD for small exam title corrections over half term so looked like it was imminently being sent and now nothing. teachers had told them their references were written in the summer and would just be tweaked once UCAS and unis/courses had been confirmed)

Thank you to everyone for your messages today, it has been an awful day, but helped by all of you being such lovely people.

Oh dear Doggerel, I did a spreadsheet for DS that has never been viewed as far as I know. But it definitely helped me, partly to create a nice illusion that there was something I could do, but it also meant I had a lot of knowledge about courses at my fingertips by the time DS started making decisions. It sped things up a bit and encouraged him to chat I think.

It's confusing how some places are desperate to get all the applications in and some are leaving it until January. I don't know whether I'm supposed to be worrying that DS's form isn't in yet.

@singingstones so sorry to read your news

So sorry about lovely Nelly cat, @singingstones.
How exciting to have Edinburgh offers coming in. It may be my DS's top choice, if he ever gets his act together. I wonder if this will stick the much-needed rocket up his backside.
I've put together a list of modules and subject areas within all the subjects he's thinking about, in the hope that he'll give them a score for how interesting they are and we'll end up with a clear decision on a choice of degree subject. DH and I are now laying bets on whether he'll even open the document...

Great news on the Edinburgh offers!

I have to say everyone's offers are cheering me up a bit, congrats all round!

So sorry about DCat singing.

DS has an offer from Edinburgh for classics which we are thrilled about.

Thanks, her name was Nelly, @Isthisjustnormal
She was DD's cat really, she just decided that DD was going to be her person and that was it. She must have had 100% attendance for online school, curled up on DD's lap. They sometimes had to be careful when the mics were on because of the purring, pets weren't really allowed. She was just so sweet and a lovely friend. It was the right time and I'm glad she's not suffering, it was the least we could do really.

I have been wallowing like a weirdo distracting myself today by looking for things you can do with a pet's ashes. Some of them are actually quite nice and understated, but some of them, oh my word...

@Volterra thanks!
Fingers crossed the Maths offers start rolling out!

Beautiful cat, singing.
Run free, little one 💔❤️

Ahhh, @singingstones - that is a gorgeous cat that looks like it lived a long and happy life. Hope you are coping OK and thinking of you. What’s his/her name, if you’re happy to share?

Beautiful picture Singingstones, she looks lovely. I am so sorry.

Monkey that makes the problems this year even worse, really feel for them all. I know one day this will all feel like a distant memory for them and for us too but it really hasn’t been great if you think about it. I find it best not to most of the time.

Proggy congratulations to Proglet again, good week on the offer front for her, that’s great !

@singingstones sad news. But kitty will be out of pain. It's sad when we have to make that decision about a pet.

It's great to see so many offers etc. Ds still says he's not going to start on his PS as it is being sent of Jan. there's nothing I can do to persuade him. It's his birthday next weekend...once that's out the way I'll start nagging him again.

@singingstones run free little kitty

DD has an offer from Edinburgh.

Sorry, didn't mean angry face. 😢

Beautiful cat. 😡💐

Oh singing stones I’m so sorry. She looks lovely and snuggly.

So sorry singing.

Lovely photo singingstones

Indeed monkey!

What a lovely cat . I had a cat put to sleep once. It's tough

Thank you all for your sympathy. DH and DCat set off for the vet a little while ago. Pic attached of happier times
At least it has taken my mind off the bloody UCAS form for a couple of days.

@Piggywaspushed the school knows, she tried to avoid teaching his class, but as her daughter is in one of the other maths classes and she is one of the main A level teachers, it was too difficult. He just has to make sure he treats the GF very well!

@Volterra yes, there were problems with BMAT last year, I know the school where DS did his GCSEs was affected. I believe that Cambridge applicants had to take the Nat Sci admissions test at a later date, I don't know what happened elsewhere. Oxford have a major issue as they shortlist on GCSEs and BMAT, both of which are compromised for this lot. The fairest thing works be to increase the number of interviews, but with more applicants than ever that will be tricky too.

Wow @Delphigirl, you move in impressive circles!