Any parents of Y12 DCs up for a support thread?

Snowyowl, my DD also looking at modern languages. We went to Exeter on Tuesday and off to Warwick next Friday as well (see you there ). Unfortunately all the talks we would have gone to at Bath on Thursday are already fully booked so we're doing Bath in September and going to Birmingham on Thursday instead.

Are you doing anywhere else? We like the look of the languages courses at Southampton and Nottingham too. This Open Day lark is expensive isn't it! All she has to do now is get great AS results......

That's a wide reaching lot of visits bruffin .
DS is going to Warwick next Friday but with college, then Durham.He has also booked Lancaster and Nottingham.
The Lancaster one is in August and I think I will take him to that one and have an overnight stay somewhere nearby. Nottingham we can't do until September.

DS went to a UCAS convention yesterday which he found really useful. He spoke to Imperial and they said to ring up to see if they will accept his Phylosophy A level result instead of a B at GCSE english.

He is booked at Nottingham, Leeds, Durham, Loughborough and Southampton and spending a week at Imperial.

Me and DD1 off to Bath next Thursday and Warwick next Friday - anyone else going ? She is looking at modern language courses

Core 3 done today and went ok thankfully. Core 4 next Tuesday and then she is finished and I think her brother (Y11) finishes the next day. Looking forward to next weds evening!

I like this thread - it has other "ordinary" dc on, like my dc. Some MN threads only seem to have parents of the most high achieving children on

Our DD next one is Falmouth, next Wednesday. Then Gloucester (well, Cheltenham campus) following Saturday.

DD has finished at last. Biology seemed to go ok.

Another thanks for all the info on personal statements from everyone. I will point DD towards the students room site, which sounds very useful.

Secret DD is really hoping for an A* too. She's trying so hard to get 90% in core 3 and core 4.

DS did core 4 yesterday and it seems it was a stinker (AQA). He went in to it quite confidently because he was getting consistently 100% UMS on his practice papers but reckons he dropped several marks. He is hoping he did well enough on Core 3 to get the A*. (It's an A2 not an AS).
Fingers crossed now until August.
Anyone else's DC going to the open day at Warwick on 21st?

DD has finally booked a place on the Durham open day on 29th. She was quite excited to be going back to school today! Still revising for Core 3 on Thursday.

Finally pinned down ds to booking some Open Days this afternoon / evening. Mostly having to go in Sept / Oct now though as can't make the June/July dates. Still, it feels a step further on, and he's been really enthused by it all, so, we'll see.

It would be the Bower Ashton campus for her. She is looking at commercial art courses.

My daughter is looking at UWE too!

We are thinking of a gap year for our DS - he is not over keen as he fears no social life in intermediary year, so we will see. We feel all the open days while A2 studying is also tough . However, he is just off soon to one of his choices of university for a summer school as advised on here last year!
Further Maths went fine - as I said up thread a 40 min delay in Physics while someone sadly collapsed - a support assistant - it is also really sad for the students involved. We had spent a fortune on tuition for Physics module where he was stuck and he found the 40 mins waiting meant his concentration collapsed.

We have a daughter who is a straight A student and a son who needs support to reach his potential so we are a bit down that Physics went wrong - one more to take next summer! Heigh-ho!

Kez, that's great, you must be delighted.

Secret - same here. No more essays! DS wants to study maths or physics or some combination.

Thanks - my DS is not really interested in universities outside of the UK (he is very laid back about the whole thing, to be honest - has no idea where he wants to go). But I have been looking at Dublin, and in particular at University College and Trinity. Both have the advantage of EU fees and UCD in particular offer really good scholarships. I think it might be worth his while applying just to broaden the choice. Am currently trying to find a free weekend and cheap flights to visit!

YAY! Amazing year 12 results for my daughter. Now she can look at all of the Unis on her (long) shortlist and prepare herself for the next hurdle she will face - the best portfolio she can, for interviews.

DD looked at a university in the Netherlands (can't remember which one), but the course was all taught in English. It would be easy to get there from here - probably a lot quicker than most of the rest of this country, but she decided not to apply as she was limited to which modules she could take.

Purple DD has looked into this, especially in the Netherlands. She is now looking at an Erasmus year rather doing the whole degree abroad.

Which country is your DC looking at?

Secret I know that for Ds he wouldnt have to take a 4 year course. Credit would be given for his A levels. Although I appreciate it could very possibly be different for maths. Biggest stumbling block is prep for the SATS. Maths is not Ds strong point and he isnt sure how it would pan out with the SATS.