Finishing Year 13 / Exam Results support thread (number 6!)

dontwanttobefatandforty Yes. The courses that are not in Clearing don´t appear. If it appears after you have selected Clearing 2015 then it is in Clearing.

Look on the tab "Entry requirements", then choose A Levels, and see whether the entry requirements are the same or lower as the offer your child has. (If they are lower, then they will probably accept him or her if they have missed their offer but achieved the required grades that are shown on Clearing).

DB gets his results tomorrow and I feel really nervous for him, possibly more nervous than when I did my A-Levels. He's currently in Amsterdam so my DDad will find out his results for him over the phone for him to celebrate or drown his sorrows.

Good luck to everyone.

Yes. what else could it mean??

So if the uni and course are on the list when clearing has been clicked does that mean its in clearing? If so does that mean spaces on that course?

Popping in with and to wish you all luck and hope you get some sleep.

We'll be outside. Dd1 will be going from her house sitting house, but she's asked us to meet her outside school.

And then we'll be driving over to dd2's school so she can get her AS results

We are going to the car park near school! Dd is going into school with a friend and we will be nearby in case it is bad news, in which case parents normally go into school to talk through options with their dc and staff. We live a 25 min drive away from school so she wants us nearby, just in case.

We're GBBO'ing too. DD is playing a GBBO drinking game and I'm sticking to lady grey tea!

I'm going to school Cooroo . I'd rather not be there to be honest but she's asked me to. Unfortunately I've got to go straight to work once the results are known so her dad is going to pick up the pieces and sort her out if it's not a positive result.

Very late here. I don't know what grade boundaries are and am afraid to google it. But I have downloaded the Telegraph Clearing app. DD Hoping for AAB or ABB to go to Sheffield. But she's finally announced a plan B of Huddersfield which did made her an offer. I just hope she's got the grades because we aren't well prepared for what to do!

Is anyone going into school with their DC? She says I must wait outside but I think I'd throw up! She is a wonderful girl and I am proud of every inch of her, blue hair, nose ring and all. I keep telling myself A levels are not the be all and end all.

Ha. Just twigged what GBBO is! Just as well I'm not applying to uni myself!

mrsrhodgilbert, what a stressful time for you.

Another lurker here with dd2 expecting results. Her firm choice is in clearing and she is convinced it is her place, which she has missed. There could be many reasons for a course to be in clearing, I'm trying not to think of bad reasons. Rejecting that unconditional offer isnt looking like such a good idea now. Quite a week here, dbil died last night so we have had many tears already. Thank goodness for the distraction of GBBO. Good luck everyone.

Hope he gets in at one of them Waitingaround.

The wine's kicking in here now!

Neither of Ds's courses are in clearing- I feel sick...

I'm just gonna tell myself its a good thing! Aaaargh. And we've got GCSE results next week but dd couldn't give a monkeys and did very little work so anything will be a bonus!

Fluffy It´s neither good nor bad. There are all sorts of reasons why the course could be in clearing. Mostly just down to admin. and the university applications cycle (e.g. Scotland, IB students and others have already had their results so UCAS and the universities have adjusted the number of places still available, accordingly. But there are other reasons too).

Sorry for repeating myself but it is good if the courses are in clearing? Just trying to cheer myself up.

Perfect, thanks Littleham.

I was being dim! Luckily, I am not a university applicant myself.

Sorry for the dumb question. I used the link in Littleham ´s post (thank you) and found the desired course. How can I tell if it is in Clearing?

Tears here too, DD not me but I'm holding them back.
She's got friends here to watch GBBO and we're off with DD2 for supper and wine no doubt
DH is up at 5am for a meeting so I will be pacing and panicking for a good three hours before track/results go online.

Feeling strangely emotional and churned up here, too Acatcalledfluffy and Horsemad. Just driven back from Norfolk and everything on the radio was making me well up.

Dd and I watched GBBO for the first time ever last week. I suspect we will watch that tonight to take our minds off of tomorrow. Her friends are still here at the moment. They were in the garden playing a strange game of catch when I got in - I guess they have a lot of adrenalin to use up

Confused about clearing. I'e looked up a few vacancies on the uCAS website and then clicked through to the university website for more details, but the entry requirements seem to be the same as they always were. I thought they would drop for clearing?