Thread 30 Covid Cohort, Mad March Hareing Towards Exams

I asked him if he needed to pay a £250 deposit yet and he says no.

@Heifer Thank you for the heads up/link/advice. I've only just woken up/seen the links. I was asleep till now.
You were right Heifer. Nottingham accommodation opened at midnight. Ds completed his at 7.21am when he woke up.

Unbeknown to me he went for:

1. Rutland
2. Sherwood
3. Riverside
4. Raleigh

Completed at 7.21

He says he only chose 4 options. But that you can choose a maximum of 6.
And that you get notified within 4 wheels.

Congratulations to all others on success. It's only because we're a lovely bunch that we've had such success. We should all be proud. I am. Of us as a group I mean! ❤️

Just done our booking. I was thinking about trying after midnight but fell asleep! Fingers crossed everyone gets the accommodation they want!

Thanks for the heads up, All done this end and worked fine at 0530 when I pinged awake for some reason!
DS wants self catered so went for Broadgate and Dagfa.

@Heifer
THANK YOU! This worked! You have just saved me a night's sleep!

Finally worked but couldn't upload a photo. DS can worry about that later. His choices were

Rutland - single
Rutland - single+
Sherwood - single

Fingers crossed for Rutland. Hope everyone else manages to get into the booking system.

Someone on a different forum just said they went back to the link on the email and logged in that way and it's worked better?

I had a problem at first because I tried it before midnight then when I went to go back after midnight it just hung so I started again tbh and when I tried to log back in again it was all fine - it was slow though but my wheel thing did keep spinning round so I knew it hadn't crashed - hope that makes sense

@Heifer Can I ask, when you clicked onto the portal, were you stuck on a page just with the text 'Accommodation' in the centre and with the tab at the top saying 'please wait'?

We've been here for a while now and wanted to make sure that it wasn't something wrong our end.

Thanks!

at least if it's crashed for you it will also be down for everyone else trying... It was slow for me but did work.

Nottingham accommodation has crashed 😱

@ChristopherTracy, @JustHereWithMyPopcorn, @mummyinbeds Nottingham accommodation is now open

Sorry if I've missed anyone.

@crazycrofter, @Oblomov22 @singingstones
Accommodation is open

Nottingham Accommodation is open!

I checked when I got back from Swindon and it opened at midnight!
DD finally agreed to go for 3 Rutland options (did want Crips but single was not option and I said no to paying for single plus and ensuite there, so she finally agreed to (in order)
Rutland - Single +
Rutland - Ensuite
Rutland - Single

Good luck everyone who need accommodation at Nottingham Uni

Apologies Eww, I didn’t answer the college question. Truth is, I have no idea what order she’ll place them in! Hoping to conclude early this week, but in all honesty I don’t think she’s that fussed as there’s no guarantees of getting ones placed higher?

DD checked UCAS this afternoon and was able to confirm for Southampton with Cardiff as insurance. I'm just pleased the decision has been made! Just accommodation to do tomorrow. @OrangeCinnamonCroissant Wessex Lane and Glen Eyre are favourites at the moment for DD as we managed to see inside GE and outside Wessex. Good luck to your DD.

Got Ds to fill in his student finance form.
I'm glad i told him to do it with me downstairs, as it was fairly convoluted for a Ds with dyslexia.

@ChristopherTracy. Hope it’s not too bad for you. I am on day 14 and officially negative now but still feeling cold like effects and tired. I had a few days of needing to sleep but otherwise it has just been a very bad cold. I hope it is similar or milder for you. Just let your body rest when you need to. Take care.

Congratulations to everyone who has pushed the button it is all becoming so real now. DS still hasn't firmed yet but when he does will he get a confirmation email from UCAS or the university to say that he has chosen firm and insurance?

@ChristopherTracy I hope it’s not too bad for you.
Mine have been off for a week, they’re off for ages. DS2 goes back for just over a week then is off on study leave. Scary how quickly it’s going.

We broke up on Friday. Was trying to encourage the creation of a revision time table today but DD not keen. She gets very stressed if she cannot keep to a timetable eg if perhaps a topic takes longer than scheduled etc. I get very stressed without some sort of plan, so it's not going well 😆
I think we've agreed to spend some time on each subject on each day....
Also got driving theory just before Easter so need to do some work on that too.

We've got one more week of school before we break up. So ready for a break!

Mini 2nd mocks this week. One short paper per subject and no study leave.

Easter hols for schools here too: going to grab a few days away in devon the week before Easter but assuming it’s mostly a revision fest in our house.

Checking in after a week away with work. I too now have Covid. Distinctly unimpressed.