Year 13 -2025/26 - Support, discussion and looking after each other (new thread from y12)

@JessyCarrcongratulations, hope that’s what your DD was waiting for.
Mixed results at DDs school too, she got offer from a different college to the one we applied for, so instead of celebrating she is now confused.
I got whatsapp msgs and then a sneaky call from school toilet. So haven’t talked to her yet, but I will let her decide on that.
No news from Imperial yet after applying in OcT, so this is not going to be an easy decision.I have no idea , how the college and academic situations work, trying to read it now that we have the email. Offer asks for A* in FM so that’s there :)

@JessyCarrcongratulations, hope that’s what your DD was waiting for.
Mixed results at DDs school too, she got offer from a different college to the one we applied for, so instead of celebrating she is now confused.
I got whatsapp msgs and then a sneaky call from school toilet. So haven’t talked to her yet, but I will let her decide on that.
No news from Imperial yet after applying in OcT, so this is not going to be an easy decision.I have no idea , how the college and academic situations work, trying to read it now that we have the email. Offer asks for A* in FM so that’s there :)

Mixed Cambridge news from DD’s school today. It’s tough when it’s all so public, on a school day. Back in my (ancient) vintage, Oxbridge outcomes came out in Christmas week so were digested at home first.

Unexpectedly, DD has had an offer from France (Sciences Po) after what had seemed such a tricky interview. She is over the moon!

Thank you. What subject was that for?

@englishmummyinwales DC has had an OHD invite from Exeter (but isn't going as went to the open day and prioritising visiting 2 other universities)

DS had an OHD invite for history from Exeter several weeks back (offer back in October) . He’s not going though so I haven’t taken much notice, sorry.

Well done with the interviews - it’s a lot on top
of everything else going on for them atm.

Still no mock results here yet. DS is distinctly unbothered!

I found out last night that one of our local private sixth form colleges does 3 sets of mocks in year 13 - that seems excessive but they are highly selective and I suspect wouldn’t enter students for the final exams if their grades aren’t A or A⭐️

Good luck today to the Cambridge aspirants.

Hello, could anyone let me know if their child has had a OHD invitation from Exeter please? My son had an offer on 22 Dec when it said it would be sent soon. Son is laid back to the point of horizontal and has previously missed things emailed to him. He has asked me to stop asking him!

The offer is to do PPE - not sure if different courses are on different days. Many thanks.

Agree with @JessyCarr and @JustHereWithMyPopcorn- fantastic to have 4 interviews @bluefineliner.

We are still waiting on one offer and it’s doing my head in! Although apparently I’m back on “need to know” household status so I’m finding things out a day later than DH 🙄

They are great mock results @gingercat02. Well done to your DS. I hope the business result was good 🤞

Best of luck to your dd for her interview and mocks @JessyCarrand also to those waiting for Cambridge offers today 🤞

Great mock results for your DD @bluefineliner and amazing that she has four interviews! I am sure the offers will come very soon.

Good luck to the Cambridge applicants today, keeping my fingers crossed for positive outcomes.

Wow, it’s such a slog for the aspiring medics @bluefineliner. But getting 4 interviews out of 4 is so impressive. I hope your DD’s first offer lands very soon.

DD actually has 2 sets of mocks coming up - first lot in Feb, and I am a bit vague on when they are fitting 2nd mocks in!

Very best of luck to those expecting Cambridge outcomes today.

@gingercat02 good news on the mock results for your DS!

I am quietly watching you all and willing your YP on, great that so many offers have been made and they are getting where they want.

I don't have anything to add yet as we are 3 interviews down out of 4, with the last one next week so still no offer news. The medicine application process is grindingly slow so I am trying to keep DD positive whilst wishing the weeks away 😂.

DD has her bio and psych mock results back so far (both A*) and is awaiting chem which she predicts an A so that side of things is on track thank goodness.

Are anyone's YP mocks much later than Feb? It is nice to have that over for DD so she can focus on finishing the content and revision now.

That sounds like they were very hard exams @gingercat02 so he's done very well! Keeping my fingers crossed for his Business exam.

@JustHereWithMyPopcorn Not bad B in history and C in Geography, still waiting for business as it was a proper external exam, and has gone away to be marked. He's quite pleased as he thought he had done badly.
There were Ds, Es and even a U amongst his friends so not everyone has had a good day 😭

@Fabfabfab Thanks for that bot of info, I'm hoping I'll be assured on the OHD that they aren't as bad as they look.

@gingercat02 hope the mock results have gone well today.

We have mocks results tomorrow, but I suspect DS has forgotten. That will be a surprise tomorrow. I have to say from his reaction to the papers I'm not overly optimistic 😒
Ar least it will focus his mind on areas for improvement

DS is still waiting for his mock results. Some teachers have been off and they seem to be waiting for them all to be marked before releasing any results. Hopefully this week!

He has booked Warwick’s OHD but was too slow booking the Manchester date that is during half term so he’s dithering about that now! Don’t think he’s booked a Bath OHD yet and he’s still waiting to hear from LSE - that won’t be until the recent TMUA results are out though I think.

At the OHD’s I’m going to have to get my head around the accommodation issues and prices I think. The course part is definitely up to DS but we have to be realistic about the other parts of going to university. I’m off to have a look if there are other threads to help me out with this!

Things seem to still be moving at warp speed!

@JustHereWithMyPopcorn @MiniMidiMaxi I went to Bath for a conference a few year ago and stayed in an en-suite room on campus which was small but very modern and pretty nice actually

Manchester is also doing a big revamp of its accommodation, some of which is refurbishing and more of which is demolish and rebuild. The future is in high-spec self-catered ensuite, it appears.

No he decided not to apply there in the end. He’s waiting on Warwick, Sheffield and Southampton. Sounds like Bath will get expensive when living out, around £10k a year for rent is what I’m hearing. On campus accommodation is between £6k and £11k.

Sorry I said daughter @MiniMidiMaxi- not sure why! Is he another waiting on Imperial? Lots of campuses seem to be doing the refurb at the moment. Bristol, Warwick and Exeter all see to be removing catered and putting in en-suites.

I’m glad the prices aren’t too bad- Bath is such an expensive city. I’ve been looking at UCL and whilst it’s not as bad as Imperial and LSE it’s still nose bleedingly expensive!

Still waiting to hear from the last three unis @Ventress but it’s probable that Bath might be his lowest offer (the joint honours degrees are slightly lower tariff than the pure discipline engineering degrees). We’ll see! To be fair Bath seems to have been refurbishing its older accommodation, and the variability is well reflected in their relative prices.

Can he take his own sofa bed?! That accommodation sounds horrible for Bath. Hopefully it’s better in real life. Your son clearly likes the best of all options @JustHereWithMyPopcornI think mine is the same. I wish that I hadn’t said I’d pay his first year rent now 😂

Good that your daughter has her first choice nailed on @MiniMidiMaxi Does she have her insurance chosen too?

I agree @JustHereWithMyPopcorn the Bath accommodation looks a bit grim! I think the City accommodation looks better really, but nearly everyone seems to be much keener on getting onto the campus. And the obligation to take up food and drink vouchers on some choices is really odd. As it’s DS’s first choice atm, I take comfort in the fact that everyone seems to end up happy with where they end up.

Thanks @Ventress 🙂

I'm just been looking at Bath accommodation, the vast majority of beds look like cheap camping beds. Not impressed with that. Also the halls he likes are the most expensive, strangely enough. 🤔