A2 Results day support

Doctors letter worked a treat and DD not only got the sort of room she wanted but also in the halls she originally wanted! So relieved for her!

That makes sense, I wouldn't have shared a room for all the tea in china and booked into the self catering flats, that didn't have any.

Bathroom didn't bother me, and I don't know if any of my flat mates were sick, in three years of living in those flats they must have cleared up.

The once I got that drunk it was a car park hedge outside the nice hotel at the summer ball that coped it.

Thanks Teeny- it does sound a bit precious- I always had a shared bathroom in halls and it never bothered me either but it's a big deal for her!

The annoying thing is that she already told the uni about the fibro but they claim not to know so we have to go through the rigmarole of doctors letters etc. They have said that with the evidence she will get an en suite single room but not necessarily in the hall she originally wanted.

Purple, you have just reminded me never to jump to conclusions. I was wondering why she needed her own bathroom and thinking back to my years at uni when only 'rich' people didn't have to share. Good luck to your DD - I'm glad she's got the room she needs.
Also reminded me of my uncle who always needed an en suite room in the days when they were a rare luxury. He'd been a POW in a Japanese camp and never really got over it.
It's so easy to judge. I must not do it!

In answer to those who questioned the shared bathroom- Yes a Big deal for myDD who has emetophobia. She has had a year of therapy to help and just about has it under control but drunken vomiting students make her go into a flat spin, hence the en-suite bathroom requirement.

She also has fibromyalgia so a shared room which they suggested is not an option as she has enough difficulty sleeping as it is. They have now reserved her a room and she has to get a doctors letter to confirm her condition.

I think the point is though, that 90% or above is the level set by most schools to predict an A at A2 (at least without a quibble), so that is the target dc aim for with their AS results. That there isn't an official descriptor for it, so it makes it tricky to say what they've achieved, but naturally some (less pedantic) dc or their proud parents (more often) still want to reflect the acheivement and so latch onto the A prediction rather than the A grade.

There is no real need to say what grade you got to anyone either, but if you do then you may well want to reflect the extra achievement of 90%+ as well.

Apologies, don't know what happened there!

in terms of my post, whilst yes in A2 an average of 90% UMS does give an A, at AS level there is no grade. He got As and there is no need to describe what UMS you got to anyone. I do apologise though for my abrupt response

Aubreye; sorry to burst your bubble but A* is not awarded at AS level.......

Aubreye; sorry to burst your bubble but A* is not awarded at AS level.......

Do they? I have never heard it called that.

everyone know that over 90% UMS is an unofficial A* at AS level

Because other people will read this and think that you can get A*s at GCSE level, and wonder why they, or their offspring didn't.

Agree - why be mean-spirited and burst someone's bubble?

True hak but why does a bubble need bursting? What does it matter? Let the poster have her moment of pride in her nephews achievements.

"Much easier to say 'A*' than 'an A with over 90 UMS equivalent'...... No bubble needed bursting......"

Or you could just say an A. Which is what it is.

You may not get A at AS level but you know what the equivalent is, so that will be what aubreye* means.......

Much easier to say 'A*' than 'an A with over 90 UMS equivalent'...... No bubble needed bursting......

Aubreye; sorry to burst your bubble but A* is not awarded at AS level.......

My beautiful niece got her A2 results today which were three A*s. We are SO proud of her for getting these scores.

Her lovely younger brother got his AS results and got two A*s, two As and a B. We are very proud of him too.

My brother is just glad the exams are over and warned me I'll not like the exam stress when my DC take there exams (luckily I have a few years to prepare as they are 9, 7 and DTs are 4!!)

Well done to everyone's DC.

Good for Cardiff Met, Cardi. Seems appalling behaviour by Coventry, particularly as they have known the results for some time.

Ditto Clam. Ds1 was born in June 96 and the maternity unit at the hospital was so full they had opened an emergency extension to the ward and still had women queuing to get into the delivery rooms. I spent a few days in hospital, before and after the birth, and it was packed. 18 months later, I went into the same hospital to have ds2. There was one woman there the night I went in who left the following lunchtime, and when I left the next day, one woman had just been admitted in labour, otherwise I had the place entirely to myself!

And yes, the baby boom of summer 96 was down to a pill scare 9 months earlier. I suppose the rest of that academic year must have been really really quiet.

Interesting to hear that there's a population dip in this cohort. I was always under the impression that it was a bit higher, but maybe it's a localised thing. I had ds in August 1996, and when I first went to see the midwife when I found out I was pregnant, she joked that they'd be needing bunk beds in the delivery suites as, due to a pill scare October/November/December '95, there was a bit of a rush of (unplanned) pregnancies. It was also a real headache getting into primary/secondary schools and the catchment areas were really squeezed for this year group and the subsequent one.

Cardibach....that is horrid.
Higher Ed is so clearly a market now isn't it! People are buying and selling places on courses and the currency is the grades the candidates offer. The Unis look like they are holding on for a candidate who can offer higher grades, but that doesn't help your DD who isn't free to get into the market place with what she has. I saw an advert online by Nottingham Trent saying 'Have you got better grades than you expected, come here'. They are all trying to fill their courses with the best candidates they can attract, which is horrid for the people left hanging.
It is still only Friday afternoon, so although this probably feels like it has gone on for weeks, at least it is sorted before the weekend.

cticketballs - she didn't get the offer, we don't dispute that, but she expected to be treated fairly and given a place because she had good enough results for them or rejected because they didn't think they were good enough...They still hadn't made a decision by 3 this afternoon when we finally managed to get them to release her for clearing. She got nowhere with this, it was only when first her father then I (when they still didn't move) rang and were fierce with them. It's inexcusable that they leave kids hanging like that.
She has had an email from Cardiff Met now giving her a place although it is not yet confirmed on UCAS Track. She has applied for accommodation, and I have altered her Student Finance application - her original choice was NHS funded, so we had to apply for different grants etc.

I comforted a girl who hadn't got the results she needed and was crying outside my tube station yesterday morning. I really hope she is feeling better now and gets the uni place she wanted.