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DD wants to resit - regardless

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Blushingm · 06/07/2024 20:29

DD has a place to study law. She thinks she's messed up a couple of exams as her nerves get to her.

I've said to wait til results day as she may still be accepted - she's got a contextual offer already.

She wants to resit year 13 regardless as she's not happy with her performance and feels still will always feel like she could have done better. My thoughts are no one ever asks your a levels once you have your degree and she should go if they accept but she's adamant she wants to resit

What do you think?

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BobbyBiscuits · 06/07/2024 20:37

Is it bc she wants a place at a different uni with higher requirements? Otherwise there's no point. If she's got the course she wants then she should do it. Surely her school or college would say resitting the whole year is a last case scenario for people who've totally failed?

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Blushingm · 06/07/2024 20:37

I didn't know that unis frowned on resits!!?

She's a perfectionist - definitely.

I thought it would be a waste of a year too. She wants to go results day with her friends and will speak to her head of 6th form then she says

Would it be awful if I rang school to speak to him myself? Even though she seems to have made up her mind?

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Babadook76 · 06/07/2024 20:35

If she’s been offered a place (or is likely to) then why on earth resit? I’m happy to be corrected, but just regurgitating information I’ve read on here, I thought resits were generally frowned upon by unis etc, some not accepting resit results at all? It seems a terrible waste of an entire year.

Birdahoy · 06/07/2024 20:33

If she gets the place I would see little point in resitting. It seems like a very ‘perfectionist’ thing to do and wouldn’t set a great precendent for uni: would she then want to retake a year if not happy with her grades?

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