Starting year 13 2016

Hsmm good luck for your DD .
Juggling I bet your Mum will be thrilled.
I have a really bad cold and bronchitis so am treating myself to a medicinal Whiskey and Chicken Soup ( not together).
Congratulations to all for the many offers.
Please cross everything for dd at her Liverpool interview on Thursday.I need to get back by lunch time as ds1 is doing a reading at his Carol Concert in a very big Church ( but is not nervous at all luckily)

Oh, and DD just had an offer come through from Royal Holloway.
Granny (DM) will be pleased

We are imagining her (DM) getting similar news 60 odd years ago, or most likely (back then) a letter inviting her for interview.

Thankfully no interview required for DD, but an applicant day could be fun and interesting.

Would you like a glass now HSM?
Though actually we have a bottle of cider open ATM if you'd like to share that?

Lighting my crystals and crossing my rabbit's feet for her right now HSM
Hope it all goes really well

Are we supposed to say, "break a leg?" good luck!

DD had her cambridge interviews last week - one was very nice, did maths in it; the other.... lets just say she's been looking at the details of the Southampton accommodation since! But I get the impression that most of the oxbridge interviews are good cop/bad cop and no-one has a clue how they did.

Don't blame you at all, HSM! Hope her Drama goes well.

Friends DS's have been for their Oxbridge interviews - sounded quite terrifying and definitely not something DD would have coped with. Crossing fingers and thumbs for them mid-Jan now.

Glad to hear Juggling's DD has nice offers. It's all happening!

That was an interesting read Dragon, pretty reassuring all round I would think. Like you say gives a different impression from life on Mumsnet threads.

Good luck with the nagging anyway HSMM - and with the drama drama's

According to this, the 'vast majority' apply in January. MN threads are not representative!

Well done to your DD Juggling, such a relief when the first one comes in!

I'd think getting the UCAS form off before Christmas would be a good aim for anyone now - if your school will play ball too and you aren't over-run with Christmas concerts/plays etc. Judging by our experience you could still get an offer or two to think about over the hols and help you feel things were on their way/in process?
But I gather there are quite a lot of applications received right up to the deadline in January? So DD tells me school have said.
Hoping to be helpful and not smug here, though we are a bit pleased to have offers!

Oh and I meant to say her younger brother said in that under-stated younger brother way "that probably means your personal statement and your reference were quite good"

Thanks Dragon!

You know we were hoping for an offer or two by Christmas, well, we got two today ....

Zoology at Swansea, or International Wildlife Biology at Uni of South Wales (just outside Cardiff). Two very nice offers

A bit of a trek over there via Birmingham but such a lovely part of the world. So exciting!
DD is very happy too

Hurray, you must be delighted juggling!. ** Some places do get offers/interview out quickly.

Teta - have you any idea how awesomely impressive 'playing Shostakovich unintentionally' sounds? I know it must be disappointing for her to have messed it up but heck, that sounds like doing it with style.

Kind thoughts to all those feeling unwell x

Hey, it's off in the post ..... or flying through the internet ether!
DD got to press "send" on her Uni application at school today ..... Hooray!

I'm so pleased and relieved to finally have it done Especially as it went with a lovely reference from her teachers which made me quite proud.

Fingers crossed now for some nice responses - hoping for something before Christmas?

Ono40 I hope your D's feels better tomorrow and is well enough to talk and answer a couple of questions .I love the fact he's sensible enough to plan ahead .
Tillymint only one was Dd1s and she fell to pieces and played Shostakovich (unintentionally ).Too much going on .
10 year old D's was so laid back.... came out full of the joy of a 10 year old that knows its over until the following year.

Oh, poor lad ono. Is it one of these recurring viral type things but they can't tell what and/or not really any treatment?

Sorry to hear about your DS BTM, I wasn't meaning to pry but my DS has had this sore throat/relapsing fever thing for well over a year now and I wanted a bit of hand holding (most un-MNetty!). He is ill again at the minute and has his EPQ presentation tomorrow but can barely speak. One of the reasons he chose Birmingham is because he said he could come home easily when he's ill. I hope your DS manages to make up what he's missed over the holidays

Gosh, protocol varies so much for different courses - some courses in some uni's tell you immediately, others make you wait for ages.

Teta, eek - she really pushes herself, doesn't she?!

Tillymint I'm sorry to hear about your DS.It must be so stressful for you as well .
I'm very envious of all these unconditional offer .
We are still waiting for any offers.I've come off the offer thread as its absolutely pointless me being there.Two interviews so far and one coming up in Liverpool.I've booked the Adelphi the night before the interview ,as I used to think it was the height of sophistication as a student (only to find out it's considered very old fashioned, dated and a bit of a knocking shop!)
Oh well it was cheap.
Still waiting to hear from Bristol .Lots of people havn't heard yet apparently.They interview until March so hopefully we will get one soon.Bristol only allow you to retake one module apparently .Dd wanted to redo 2 in her Maths ( one a low A ,the other a B) although she got an overall A she wants to ensure the highest marks possible.She now has to wait until Easter to make that decision.
Piano exams × 2 today ,Violin exam next week.