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

Horsemad - you said in your original post about your son's results that he was really good at Chemistry - I suspect that time will show that he is now on the correct course for him,and he will flourish and enjoy it.

I have really felt for you over the last few days ( I went through all this 2 years ago,and my dd went somewhere she felt very ambivalent about - however, she now could not be happier).

Onwards and upwards!

Congratulations Horsemad, I'm glad he's chosen

Weepy Atia - it's the relief we finally have a decision I think! It's been a horrible few days & although if he'd worked harder he'd have saved himself (and us!) the stress - he's been between a rock and a hard place with a great offer at a good Uni but not what he originally applied for and couldn't go through Clearing unless he relinquished his offer which would be madness due to his grades.
I didn't even realise they could make alternative offers

Anyway, he's happy he's accepted, so that's good. Time to get planning what he's taking now!

How are you feeling about that Horsemad? Really hope it works out for him x

Decorhate my dd's insurance was Leeds, and she's almost missing the idea of going there, she loves the uni and the city. Hope you and cathy don't have to wait too long for the remark results x

DS has just accepted his Chemistry offer from Southampton.

Remarks are always worth it when a score looks unusual. 3 years ago ds1's remark on an AQA English paper went up 50 ums from a U to a B. His firm had accepted him anyway but his overall grade went up so he decided to ask to be released and traded up after a gap year.

Good luck to all those awaiting re-marks. DD1 had a paper remarked last year and it pushed her grade up from a mid A to an A* and just 2 marks off full UMS and I think an increase of around 14 UMS.

The year before she'd had an AS paper re-marked to try find one extra point to get her an A, but it came back as no change.

One of DD2's papers this year had a much lower mark than she was expecting, she doesn't need it as has got her place, but she will probably request a copy of the script to take a look and see if it is worth requesting a re-mark. Only worth doing if it would nudge her up a grade though.

DS failed his theory test by 1 mark on the hazaards but did well on the questions.

As an ex-engineer I love the mug!

As soon as I posted that I had a vague recollection of being organised & buying a card before we went on holidays. Of course it's taken me 10 minutes to find the safe place I put it!

Dont worry Dcorhate, we havent either and feel guilty because his gf parents left a bottle of fizzy in their fridge for him.

I have ordered him this mug as a prezzy

Oh bugger. Just realised we didn't get dd a congratulations card. Luckily my parents/siblings are more obsessive about that & have sent some!

violets they get there in the end even if they drive us mad while we are getting there.

Congratuations to everyone who got their place and commiserations to those who didnt, but these things often work out for the best, even if does seem like the end of the world to them at the moment, and good luck to those who are still waiting.

My hives have finally started to go down. DD didnt do brilliantly in her AS but that was a long story and she has to make her mind up what she wants to do as there are several options.

DH got the job, phone call didnt come through until 4.30 on friday grrr. DS is taking his driving theory test at this moment, so fingers crossed he will pass.

NiceCardigan - so 2 exam boards with problems! Dd's friends got Us in part of their A2s (not sure if it was the exam or coursework). These are bright girls so it is all very strange. At least they are bright enough that they did well enough in the other part to pull the grade up overall and still meet their offers.

Best of luck to all those still waiting.

That's good to know Cathy.I'm confident she will have a great experience at Leeds. I suspect she would have found Oxford life a bit limited after a year or two. She likes big lively cities.

OOOH I live in Leeds (and I'm a medic).
It's FAB!!!
She will love it here so whether those extra UMS turn up or not she will have a great Uni experience.

That's exactly how my dd feels Cathy. She loved Leeds & it would have been her first choice if she hadn't had an unexpected offer from Oxford. And Leeds will give much more clinical experience from early on.

Well done to your DS Violets, this thread has been wonderful whether lurking or posting it has been a huge support.
Cambridge have said she needs to meet the offer, so needs another mark in English, fingers crossed.
Dd is better now though, she admitted that she preferred the Bristol course and thought she would probably love it there and maybe have a better time, it's just that Cambridge is Cambridge.
We're focussing on Bristol, getting everything sorted for there. Her English mark seems pretty fair, so another mark is unlikely. Her drama was absurdly and inexplicably low (along with her whole talented and hard working class) but unlikely to go up to an A* unless they left out a whole essay!

There's an article in the Guardian today saying Bristol has had major technical problems, hence the delays in releasing people to clearing

Just want to say, I've found this thread so helpful over the months.

Changed my mumsnet name a few times but have been here.

My DS has finally bagged his preferred course and uni after a gap year. Very similar story to bruffin here. DS has matured so much in a year.

Need to Ds to check out those fresher pages now.

Mumsnet has halped so much in me getting him those needed experiences for his uni application. Has been brilliant.

Has she heard yet from Cambridge Cathy? If not I really hope she gets her place.

Waiting is so stressful.

It was Cambridge that left Dd hanging, it's tough because where there's life there's hope but equally you need to get everything sorted.
Bristol is still undecided on a friend of ours (right tariff but wrong grade spread.)

We have been ordering bedding for halls, lovely feel good activity worry about the bills later

York also keeping someone we know hanging on

Out of interest, is out Bristol who are keeping people hanging on?

My nephew missed his offer but they wouldn't give him an answer, every time he phoned to ask if they had any news he was told to call back in two hours. In the meantime he couldn't go through clearing as he was not officially in the system.

They said when he called at 5 he would have an answer by 7. They didn't reject him until almost 6pm. Other unis he was calling either weren't able to help as he had no clearing number or said they had filled all their places

He had a stressful day made even more difficult by them. Thankfully he did find a place but I certainly don't want DS applying there next year.

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