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Year 12 preparing for AS levels

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HSMMaCM · 15/03/2016 14:22

Here we are everyone.

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JugglingFromHereToThere · 26/03/2016 20:51

Ooh, I went to Bristol < completely unstealthy boast Blush >

CamboricumMinor · 26/03/2016 20:05

The university finder website has some error; the list of Russell group universities is not accurate - Bristol is missing.

BackforGood · 26/03/2016 17:35

I love MN. Everyone is so kind and helpful Smile

CamboricumMinor · 26/03/2016 14:18

www.universityfinder.org.uk

This lets you search on subject/fees/predicted grades/distance from home etc. It looks quite good, it's flagged up some universities that we hadn't thought of. You can select only old university or only RG universities too.

CamboricumMinor · 26/03/2016 11:41

I think that's fair enough, there is time to look after the AS exams.

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HSMMaCM · 26/03/2016 11:20

DD has zero interest in any open days, summer schools, prospectus reading, or anything else. She does want to do a degree and is looking at open university, but I would just like her to explore all the options before deciding.

Anyway, just concentrating on AS exams first.

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aginghippy · 26/03/2016 07:59

Here is a link to info about taster courses at universities in London.

Leeds2 · 25/03/2016 23:24

My DD went for a couple of taster afternoons at UCL (not engineering) last summer. Found them very useful. They had a whole host of lectures on offer, so well with checking out.

Think King's were offering a similar programme.

BackforGood · 25/03/2016 19:29

Thanks both Smile

ono40 · 25/03/2016 19:10

There are some University of London taster days available here tasters.gradsintocareers.co.uk/

thesandwich · 25/03/2016 14:23

For engineering head start courses are brilliant- etrust run them. May be booked by now but worth a look. Manchester did some summer taster days.

CamboricumMinor · 25/03/2016 09:25

Backforgood that's a pain. I'm kicking myself because I graduated last year, if I'd known then I'd have delayed it for a year.

SugarPlumTree · 25/03/2016 06:50

A huge congratulations to Littleham's DD for the mocks and grade 8.

Horsemad · 24/03/2016 21:24

Congrats to your DD Littleham, that is fantastic! Smile

BackforGood · 24/03/2016 21:11

Thanks Littleham - not found any taster days but will keep on looking. We did find some stuff about summer schools and courses but every one I opened then said they were only for people who would be the first generation of their family to go to university so she doesn't qualify.

Juggling - yes, you can apply to 5, and then hold 2 offers - usually the one you really one to go to and then one with a slightly lower grade.

CamboricumMinor · 24/03/2016 20:44

Juggling I think DD has 5 in mind, I've said no to some because they were too far away (we're a long way south-west and one was St Andrews!) to easily/cheaply get to. She's OK with that though thank goodness and has come up with 5 that are closer.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 24/03/2016 20:33

Having an eye on two sounds great Camboricum, and with slightly different likely offer grades - perhaps those may end up as her firm and reserve choices. But I think we/they all start off by putting 5 choices down on UCAS form don't we? Then see which ones get back to us with offers and/or interviews? And I heard that the Uni's won't know which order you put them on the form? Did I get that right? Am glad we get to put 5 down but will be hard choosing them I think?

LittlehamHums · 24/03/2016 20:25

I think some of you are in London. How about this kind of day?

www.ucl.ac.uk/women-in-engineering/taster-days

LittlehamHums · 24/03/2016 20:21

How are they supposed to find out which engineering to do?

Do you have any local universities offering engineering taster days? DD has applied to a couple of local unis and is waiting to hear if she has a place for one of the days.

CamboricumMinor · 24/03/2016 20:07

Well done littleham's DD, grade 8 is fantastic.

DD wants to do an English degree at a popular university so she is assuming that she will need AAA, I'm not sure how accurate this is though. She's thinking of also applying to a university which has ABB/BBB as the entry requirements in case she doesn't get AAA.

BackforGood · 24/03/2016 20:07

I agree aginghippy. Considering you read about how they are really keen to get young women to consider engineering, it's bloomin' difficult to actually get any useful information anywhere. dd is just wandering about in the dark really as we don't know the answers to her questions. We attended an exhibition at the NEC which was supposed to be about 'which university' and 'which career' but it was a complete waste of our day as was focused on apprenticeships - which, whilst perfectly valid option is not what dd wants to do and not what was advertised.
How are they supposed to find out which engineering to do? Confused

aginghippy · 24/03/2016 19:22

My dd also wants to do engineering, but has no clue about where she wants to go. She can't even say which unis she wants to visit. It's all a bit overwhelming to her atm.

dingit · 24/03/2016 19:02

Dd has her eye on Imperial, but with grades like that, hahahaha Grin

BackforGood · 24/03/2016 19:00

I don't really know for sure, dingit.

She's been pretty proactive and compiled a big spreadsheet and we are narrowing down the list over the next few days.
I don't share the MN obsession with "Russell Group" and she has fortunately said she's not interested in anywhere in London, but apart from that I think her net is quite wide at the moment.

dingit · 24/03/2016 18:56

Back, my Dd got the same for her mocks, with a c for physics, and a d for maths. She wants to be an engineer.... What universities are you looking at?

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