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circular · 26/10/2010 08:37

On several ocassions we have had commendation letters home from the school, stating they will be added to DD's school file. Some for personal acheivements for a specific piece of work, or for being in some extra curricular activity like a drama production.
Is this much of an advantage when it comes to UNI applications? Or will stuff done during the lower school years be pretty irrelevant by then?

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PerpetuallyAnnoyedByHeadlice · 26/10/2010 18:45

speaking as someone who has had to write reports and references for Y11 tutor group in the past -

it will all be there as evidence when whoever is head of year/careers at the time she leaves has to write references for her - bear in mind this may not necessarily be someone who knows her really well, could be someone fairly new to the school - so yes, it is relevant - being a do-er, a joiner-in, going the extra mile, having an excellent attendance/punctuation record etc all shows what calibre of person you are, and it's about more than just grades on paper (especially with ever more competition for places on courses)