DS missed grades but accepted anyway- will he cope?

You really cant predict intelligence from a level exams. There are kids up and down the land who will have been predicted a high grade based on what the teacher has seen all year and has then under prepared or panicked and received much lower grades,

I was predicted a A for one of mine and got an E. I went in and blanked and it was as though maths was a completely foreign concept to me.

Id be more concerned about his ability to cope if he had been predicted CDD

I'm sure he will be fine, and he must be very relieved. Just let him enjoy it.

Assuming it's not maths or engineering, he will probably be fine. I've just said this on another thread, but my course was RG and typical offer was AAB, but I got CCD, and they let me in anyway. I came out with a 2:1 and went on to do a PGCE and an MSc (which I got a merit on). He might need to pay special attention to his study skills to help him write better essays or do his work further in advance or whatever it is that held him back (for me it was really bad circs) but they clearly believe he can do it.

Does he know why he got a lot below predicted? Was he struggling with the subjects or was it a case of not enough diligence? Or just a bad time around exams (stress, unwell etc?)

Dies he feel he can cope with the course?

I’d want to specifically ask this question to them and why they think he’ll be ok, and know more about the content that he couldn’t understand that got the lower grades, and how that relates to his degree. It got be ok but I wouldn’t assume the university had thought about it.

He will be fine - just be happy for him!

What is the end purpose of University for him? Is it a relevant qualification, or is it just ‘oh well, everyone goes’ ? Because with graduate recruitment or rather unemployment ) at record levels, might it be better to think about training schemes or apprenticeship?

Im presuming it isn’t a passion for the subject….

Clearing grades are super low this year since most of the universities are struggling financially and want bums on seats. The reality is though that most of the kids who have done A levels are likely to be ok to progress to degrees. For some who have done other courses which haven't involved essay writing etc they can sometimes struggle. I wouldn't worry.

DD’s offer was AAB and she’s in with BBC, also a RG uni. Two of her mates are in a similar situation.

We’re surprised, but delighted! I think he’ll be fine - they’re unlikely to accept him if they think he can’t manage it

He'll be fine. Lots of opportunity to mature and study better 👍
Be grateful that the Uni is giving him the chance

The grades and offers are all over the place this year. DC I know getting in to RG unis with odd combinations of grades. If they offered he won't be the only 1 on the course with that set of grades .

Clearly uni do not think he will struggle if they have accepted him. Is it for a humanities course, or a science, maths based course? I'd be a little bit worried if it was for a Maths heavy course, eg Engineering.

If they're taking students with CDD, then he won't be the only one. So I shouldn't think he will struggle to keep up with his peers - though there may be a wider range of abilities on the programme than you would originally have expected, if they were all getting As and Bs.

Otherwise, I guess it depends why he thinks he got CDD if he was originally predicted to do better, which will have got him the original offer? If he's a CDD student and his school was inflating its predictions, then although he may be fine on the course, he might need to adjust his expectations about what degree class he's working towards. But this would apply even if he got a place at a less prestigious university. Or it might be that he thrives at uni and catches back up to where he would have been if he'd come in with ABB.