Starting year 13 2016

Sorry to hear about DD's BF Aging. Hopefully in time the fact that he got through to interview stage will be of comfort but too soon for that yet.

Great news Dragon, huge congrats to your DD. I'm with the thinking that an all female environment to come home to may well turn out to be a good thing when on an engineering course.

Very true, teta. That's certainly the case for dd's boyfriend. And it would be for dd, if she gets rejected by Bristol.

Aginghippy this is probably the first major rejection they've ever had to deal with in their lives so I guess it's understandable.
Dd1 was really upset with her Liverpool rejection ( especially as she has no other offers yet for vet. Med and it was just before Christmas.)The worst thing was I was too as I went to Liverpool and my Dad also because he went there too( he took it very personally).But it's all forgotten now.

It all seems to differ according to the Uni.Surrey have the Vet campus with the Sports jocks/girls.Nottingham have the Vet/Zoology /life sciences in the country campus.Bristol and Liverpool you move to the country campus for the 4th and 5th year.

Well, the last stage of grief is acceptance, so I think he will be fine in the end

He got offers from his other 4 choices. He will probably firm either Bath or Edinburgh. He actually really likes them both.

Teta - yes, engineering, so it will be male-heavy (not quite as bad for gen eng as EEE). Presumably vet students mix with the hoi polloi in halls and societies?

She seems to be coming round to the idea of a women's college with remarkable rapidity. Well, we shall see, the offer is eyewatering (A* in physics and FM, A in maths)

Agin - poor lad, must be horrible if they've really set their heart on it. Presumably he's got offers from other good places, or he could think about a gap year and reapply - that does seem to work out for some. I believe they can get feedback if they were rejected which might help assess whether thats a realistic option.

Errol's Dd very well done on both counts.Definitely time for a real celebration in the Errol household and .Its an engineering course isn't it?So there will be lots of men ( boys) and she will probably be glad to come back to a female environment at the end of the day.
dd1 is also in a girls school and if she gets into vet. Med.( a big if!)77% are girls.So I'm thinking she might not get a boyfriend until 24 which is somewhat worrying.

Congrats to your DD Errol on her offer from Cambridge

And at your hashtag!

On the other hand commiserations to your DD's boyfriend ageinghippy
I'm really very sorry to hear it wasn't the news he was hoping for
Look after him, he sounds really upset x

Congrats to your DD Errol. Maybe not her ideal, but it's still Cambridge.

DD's boyfriend did not get in and he is gutted. From her description, it sounds like he is going through all the stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, etc.

A lot of the colleges do email. Including, it turns out, Murray Edwards from which she's received an offer from the 'pool'. She rang from the bus - a bit hard to judge exact emotional state, a bit conflicted because after a girls' school she really didn't want an all women college, but had predicted that if she was pooled this would be the outcome.

#firstworldproblemwithknobson

Congrats to Dragon DD.

Why do Cambridge send a letter in the post? Why don't they email like everyone else?

DD's boyfriend is applying to Cambridge. She is planning to see him this afternoon to celebrate or commiserate, as appropriate. It had not occurred to me that the letter would not arrive.

Really good news Dragon, a huge well done to your DD.

Ooh, congrats on the A* Dragon (for your DD!)

Not sure, ono. DH I did my tax return yesterday

No letter from Cambridge for DD in this mornings post, but she just called to say she's got her EPQ result - an A* so she's obviously delighted by that.

I'm probably getting ahead of myself (I need to otherwise it won't get done) but does anyone know when you can apply for student finance? I had a look at the website yesterday and it doesn't give an option of applying for 2017/18 yet.

(Trundles off to do tax return which needs to be in by 31st....)

DD has a range of offers from AAB through to BCC - all look like interesting courses in some great places.
We're planning to visit some more, either for the first time or for a return trip for applicant days mostly in February, so we can try to decide which to accept as firm and insurance choices. We're beginning to get some sense of things but need to do a couple more visits especially to ones we haven't seen yet. Am quite looking forward to a mini trip to Swansea with DD - it seems such a lovely part of the world

I know, the standard offers seem quite shockingly high these days don't they MrsS? I went to Bristol Uni and then on to Exeter afterwards and thought nothing much about it - I'm quite impressed with myself now! They only asked for BCC back then.
And also impressed with DM getting to Royal Holloway in the 50's - although she went to a girls boarding school she was the only one to go to Uni in her year! Can you believe that?

MrsS it depends entirely on the course they have chosen and the university. DD ha 5 offers from RG unis, all ABB bar one which is BBB. But different unis will give different offers, non-RG probably lower, but the courses may be just as good if not better for some things.

You know,I think they just argue for the sake of arguing.And they know that no one also will allow them to get away with the way they behave with their mothers.I have to frequently walk away before I strangle dd.

Mirabelle glad your dd is back safe and sound and all grown up.
Well done Horsemads D's.
Hsmm you are extraordinarily laid-back on the surface but do you sometimes wake up in a cold sweat or is that just me?

Are A level offers generally around the AAB mark? Back in my day [grandma] CCD was a normalish offer, with places like Bristol offering BBB. I got an unconditional from Birmingham but ended up getting a job instead.

if she argues the toss tomorrow, tell her its really just to make sure her stomach doesn't rumble and distract the other students.