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

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Littleham · 17/06/2015 18:00

Thread continued for results day! Fingers crossed everyone.

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MarianneSolong · 11/08/2015 18:26

Was feeling relatively chilled. But daughter then received letter from Student Finance. An hour later and we're all feeling somewhat fraught!

bruffin · 11/08/2015 18:15

Forgot to say we had to pay for his exams

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Littleham · 11/08/2015 17:56

Ah now I understand. I'll keep the phantom pupil request in mind if this happens to any of my dc. Thanks for the tip.

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bruffin · 11/08/2015 17:50

Ds went back as a guest pupil as he wasnt doing enough hours for funding. He wasnt officially there but was allowed to attend classes and be on the premises and even helped teaching .

mumslife · 11/08/2015 17:15

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Horsemad · 11/08/2015 16:31

DS has said he can't go back for an extra year Littleham. I haven't actually checked if this is the case though.
I know last year they allowed quite a few who'd flunked AS to start Yr12 over again. DS's AS weren't bad enough to do that though apparently. Hmm

muffinmonster · 11/08/2015 14:06

Go to www.teaandkittens.co.uk/ and click on the button that says 'Other stuff'. It's available for Chrome and Firefox.

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Littleham · 11/08/2015 13:55

I really need that tea and kittens extension muffin. Smile I'm hoping it is all rubbish YoureAllABunch.

My dd's sixth form doesn't allow pupils back for a re-sit year. Is that standard? I'm guessing it is lack of funding.

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Katkat50 · 11/08/2015 12:17

Horsemad, same same. I know my DS doesn't want to discuss Thursday, so my feelings say I need to share his optimism that all will be fine on the day. My realistic head wants to work on alternatives just in case.

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 11/08/2015 12:15

The Daily Mail is full of shit.

Millais · 11/08/2015 09:11

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muffinmonster · 11/08/2015 09:09

Never read the Daily Mail. Everything in it is designed to make you feel helpless and/or angry.

I have a wonderful extension on my Chrome browner called Tea and Kittens. Whenever you click on a link to a Daily Mail article instead it brings up a picture of kittens and tea (the clue's in the name) giving you a chance to repent your hasty clicking and navigate your way back to sanity.

That said, it does't work on the iPad, so I did take a sneaky look at the article. Blush

Horsemad · 11/08/2015 08:58

The not knowing is the worst isn't it Marianne?

MarianneSolong · 11/08/2015 08:53

I don't think I care that much. Mainly I'd like to know where my daughter is going. I'd like her to feel proud and happy about what she's achieved - and I think she can do that whatever her exact final grades are.

Even if something's gone a bit AWOL, it would be good to be in a position to start making alternative plans. (In that case, I think her teachers would give initial advice re clearing etc. They're very used to mobilising people.) But the probability that she'd get one of the two offers is high unless strange things have happened in the marking) I'll just be around for whatever happens.

Horsemad · 11/08/2015 08:21

I'm outwardly calm but my mind is racing. DS appears really composed - he keeps his feelings under wraps though, so no idea what he's thinking. Hmm

circular · 11/08/2015 08:04

Fighting to stay optimistic here, and hoping that the Mail article means more conditional offer holders (including those with missed grades) have been accepted.

cathyandclaire Your DDs plan looks great but could fall apart if she needs to make phone calls and does not have enough time to get through with lines being so busy.

Would work be understanding if she had to withdraw from induction at short notice, should it come to that?

bruffin · 11/08/2015 07:54

IF you havent got the grades for your firm or insurance course, then its unlikely you will have got the grades for a RG type course anyway. The article does say there are places in the lower unis anyway.
There is no point going into clearing just for the sake of going to uni this year. Its worth taking a step back and taking stock of the situation.

We were in this situation last year and DS decided to go back to school retake a couple of A2s and reapply this year. He got a much better offer from his firm last year (A*AA down to AAB) and new offers from "good unis" for his course plus an unconditional from an expoly uni. He didnt include the unconditional in his firm and insurance and they have written to him this weekend saying they have still got plenty of spaces available. He apply through clearing there if he has another disaster. He has enough UCAS points for that course.
He has had a good year and made new friends and I was glad he didnt go last September as my Mum died in October and it would have hit him hard if he had just left home.

MrsUltracrepidarian · 11/08/2015 07:14

I stopped reading after the headline 'Less Hmm places on offer' - less/fewer sets my teeth on edge!

cathyandclaire · 11/08/2015 06:31

Thanks all, you are of course right. There is an option of taking a different job elsewhere so I think she'll withdraw if needs be on Thursday.
That Mail article makes for grim reading ( and not just the grammar) Shock

Horsemad · 10/08/2015 23:43

Just reading that Littleham Shock

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Horsemad · 10/08/2015 23:18

I've just read online that Univ of Sheffield are accepting Advance Registration for Clearing.
DS has just started looking at. Eeeek! Feeling very surreal now!

Headofthehive55 · 10/08/2015 22:33

I think you need time to let it sink in. I don't think it's a good idea to work that day. My DD is very organised, like you plans were made etc, but in the event was really upset she ended up with her insurance not her firm. She wasn't in a fit state to work, yet she was in to do the course she wanted.

MrsBartlet · 10/08/2015 21:07

Enjoy!

GypsyFloss · 10/08/2015 20:50

It's on now and Mrs L is just about to die . I'm welling up just thinking about it...
I'll check out Newsroom. Wonder if he was off his head when he wrote that too? Grin