A level results day ( part 2)

@MargaretThursday That made me laugh! My Ds is much the same. He was horrified to see the stuff I’d started to put together for him to take. He genuinely thinks he’ll be good to go with a few changes of clothes and his tool box!

I can’t tell if she qualifies to apply @SlightlyJadedIt doesn’t look like it’s open to everyone

Tough one.

It might be a good move to suggest taking a gap year and then thinking about resits in a month or so's time, when the disappointment has receded a little.

I was disappointed in my own A levels and for many years thought about doing one just for the hell of it. Eventually I realised even if I got an A it couldnt replicate the joyous day I missed out on. So I let it go but it took a long while.

Is a foundation year at her preferred Uni an option? A year is a year whether you are doing retakes or a foundation and at least she'd know she is 'in'.

I do think that unis should be discouraged/not allowed to ask for deposits before student loans are given - or maybe student loans should be able to release some money for deposits early.
It's not fair on people who cannot then get their place guaranteed because they can't pay the deposit.

Ds is very chilled now. I need to at some point pin him down and find what exactly he needs. I suspect he will be thinking something along the lines of:
One spare change of clothes
One towel
One sheet
Weighted blanket
His favourite trainers that have more holes than otherwise
Anything else he'll do without or borrow...

Found you! DD now not wanting to take the clearing uni place and retake next year so she can reapply for the firm. Trouble is they wanted AAA and she got BBC… So she’d most likely have to retake them all to even stand a chance.

I don’t want her to go somewhere she’s unhappy, but I just don’t know if she should put herself through all that again - and what the realistic chance of her getting her dream uni is.

thanks, everyone. We’ve amended student finance to reflect his insurance choice

And the accommodation hIt isn’t as big as I thought it was going to be . We’ve opted to pay termly so I was thinking they wanted a whole terms rent, but that’s not the case. Phew!

Still a bit frustrated that he can’t complete his enrolment, I think that’s a ‘me’ problem,though. I’m still pretty gutted that he didn’t get his firm choice when everyone in the world seems to have got in this year, and a bit of me is worrying, irrationally, that someone is going to swipe his insurance away from him as well I know that’s nonsense, I’m just feeling a bit shit for him.

just to let you know, even when this is sorted you won’t receive your maintenance loan right away. It only comes in September once the student has started their course

DD says that it should not go back to the beginning. The only issue would be if he is changing status eg going from living at home to not to the other way round. Possibly if changing from London based to non-London based.

But even then she doesn't think it should go back to the beginning, so probably best to get on with it. You have to tell SF as they don't hear from anyone else.

Try asking the advisors on The Student Room. They do have a lot of knowledge about who to contact at UCAS and the universities. They won't still be together as a group, but the volunteers will be at home and still answering.

My dd used to volunteer, and I'll ask if she has any ideas.

Firm rejected him on UCAS. He was offered Insurance (feels like the only kid in the country not to get his Firm this year) but anyway....

If we amend SFE application manually, we go back to the beginning of the finance application process and it seems that his Insurance won't let him complete enrollment without evidence of SFE approval...

I am bamboozled

thank you!

We are stuck in a bit of a cycle

Uni wants DS to register but won’t complete registration without confirmation of payment from sfe

SFE is still showing his Firm but he is now at Insurance and we cant seem to update it. SFE also saying it wont release funds without proof of enrolment.

We need the maintenance loan asap as accom wants a big chunk of money now

Any suggestion?