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

Is a drop in test scores normal in the beginning of year 13? The last two biology tests dd got B and C when shes predicted an A and got As all year in y12. Shes most definitely not revising as much, and these two tests were basically cramming in the two nights before. Is this a common phase? She seems to have improved after HT and her other two are fine

Edinburgh is a great place @JessyCarr, well done to your DD.

Congratulations @JessyCarr to your DD, what a great first offer!

Well done to your Dd, @JessyCarr Edinburgh is lovely!

Great news @JessyCarr and well done to your DS @JustHereWithMyPopcorn for getting his application done. Hopefully his school will be quick getting their part done then the exciting bit begins!

Well done to your DD @JessyCarr!

Well done to your DD @JessyCarr ! how lovely to get the first offer.

Thanks @JessyCarr and well done to your DD, that's amazingly fast! It's such a relief to get that first offer, I remember it with DS1 four years ago, he was so excited as it was his first choice uni and I was just relieved! 😂

Good stuff @JustHereWithMyPopcorn - hope there isn’t too long to wait.

DD is very pleased this afternoon as she has her first offer (Edinburgh) having applied last Friday. A nice start to the week!

And the UCAS application is in!! Now just have to wait for school to review and add in their bits. Hopefully they don't ask him to change too much..

Thanks for the good luck messages for DD. Her first choice is Rose Bruford to study scenic arts.( Set and prop making).

Thanks all for well wishes. DS is determined to get on one of these apprenticeships and to be fair he’s putting in the effort to try and secure one.

@Ventress wishing you all the very best for your treatment💐

Today was (finally) UCAS submission day here. I remember you all saying how organised DD was at the beginning of the year, but although she starts tasks with enthusiasm she does lack the ability to finish things off! Anyway all done now. Lovely to hear of interviews and offers coming in.

@KellySeveride good luck to your DS! Our DS put in one application for a degree apprenticeship that had piqued his interest but has recently heard that they’ve had to withdraw the scheme so that’s the end of that idea for now!

@hels71 where is your dd’s first choice? Hopefully her interview with York can be a good warm up!

Thank you all for your good wishes, I appreciate them 💐 I just feel so guilty about the awful timing, but you are all correct that DS will be okay. He is very focussed.

@JustHereWithMyPopcornits very subjective isn’t it? Ultimately your son can submit his ps and the school can’t stop him. If they can’t offer substantive help what help do they think they are offering?

Great news about the interview @hels71. Fingers crossed for her! Agree with pp that is sounds like a really interesting course.

Good luck to your DS with those apprenticeship applications @KellySeveride

@Ventresssorry to hear about your diagnosis and hope the treatment is not too harsh on you.

@KellySeveridehoping the determination pays off.

Well done to all the others with offers and interviews and those waiting to hear and still deciding.

@JessyCarra friend of DS had her offer from Notts withdrawn she can either switch to another course at Notts or make another choice elsewhere altogether. As an MFL graduate myself it is very sad to see but not wholly surprising. Nursing etc is more of a surprise at least to me.

Best of luck to her!

York. The start of December. She's really hoping that she gets an interview at her first choice first!!

@KellySeveride good on your son. My DS did one then gave up. The whole process is quite overwhelming!

Well we are 16 applications in for degree apprenticeships! I’ve had to set up a whole tracking sheet to keep on top of them all. DS is ploughing through the online assessments and video job simulations like a good ‘un but god I’ll be glad of the reprieve that hopefully Christmas will give us from it. It’s taking up evening after evening!

@Ventress I’m sorry to hear of your diagnosis 💐

So sorry to hear of your diagnosis @Ventress. I know we will all be rooting for you.

On the academic front, depressing news today from the University of Nottingham, which is suspending all music and modern languages courses for new students pending a final decision on their future. Nursing is also said to be at risk there. I don’t know what this means for anyone who has already submitted an application for a suspended course, but thought it worth flagging for those still deciding.

@Ventress so sorry to hear your diagnosis. Hope treatment goes well 🥰

That's great news @hels71 is it soon?

Wow, what an interesting degree! Where is she looking to do this?