Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

Starting year 13 2016

992 replies

HSMMaCM · 06/09/2016 08:46

Continuing from the year 12 - 13 thread.

Good luck with continuing studies, uni open days, driving tests, etc.

OP posts:
bigTillyMint · 10/11/2016 07:11

I thought DD's UCAS form had gone off. It hasn't ConfusedAngry

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 23:13

Oh yes, I remember now, glad that worked out.

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 23:03

Chemistry

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 22:26

Glad to hear that, Horsemad - what's he studying?

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 21:50

That's brilliant news LittleHoHum. Smile

LittleHoHum · 09/11/2016 21:30

Glad your ds has picked his subject Horsemad.

dd now has an interview at Southampton too.

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 20:43

Aah, it's lovely seeing them enthused about a place isn't it?

My DS is very happy there.

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 19:10

She loved it.Smile

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 18:55

Did your DD like Soton Errol?

Good news about the form going off dingit, the replies can come in quite quickly, we found when DS1 was applying.

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 18:30

Dingit - good, hopefully won't be too long till she gets some responses.

Mine got an interview date for Nottingham, early Dec. Manchester next week, Sheffield the week after I think so quite nicely spaced out.

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 17:49

Grin Errol

dingit · 09/11/2016 17:22

UCAS form gone off at last Smile

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 16:42

well, that's some progress Horsemad!

Horsemad · 09/11/2016 14:04

DS still not applied here either. I asked if school have asked where he is in his application preparation and he said not.

He 'thinks' he's decided to do History...

ono40 · 09/11/2016 10:25

Dingit, sympathies, my finger is hovering over that button too!

Original poster
HSMMaCM · 09/11/2016 09:01

DD wants to visit Bath Spa on 12th or 26th November, but she has to 'prepare for' a party on the 12th and a driving lesson on the 26th.

I have told her it's her life and she has to prioritise it. I have suggested that whatever the party preparation is (not her own party) she could perhaps do it another day or not at all.

OP posts:
dingit · 09/11/2016 08:29

That's what I told her Errol, not to panic. Easy for me to say though, I can see where she's coming from. Stressful times.Sad

ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2016 07:51

Dingit - welcome back. That must be very frustrating - not that uncommon unfortunately, others on this thread and the uni offers 17 one also have schools who should pull their fingers out. Though I suppose they've been doing it for years and there's still plenty of time.

dingit · 09/11/2016 07:01

Just checking in and reading about all your dcs offers and interviews, seems all is going well.
Dd is in a bit of a lather as her application hasnt gone off yet, the school have been sitting on it since before half term. My finger is starting to hover over the stroppy email button SmileHmm

ErrolTheDragon · 08/11/2016 23:17

So, safely home a while ago, about 7hrs drive, poor DH was whacked. DD was buzzing though, good experience. And they got a chaotic oscillator kit to solder up and play with Grin.

bigTillyMint · 08/11/2016 18:09

Glad it went well, Errol.

Hope any other interviews for other DC go well. AFASK DD's course/uni's don't interview - I hope she's right as she will be a nervous wreck if they do!

ono, sympathies - DD had that prob, but I think hers has finally gone off. Well, I hope it has!

ErrolTheDragon · 08/11/2016 16:38

DD just called - apparently it was a very nice day, and everyone would be getting offers. I got the impression that the 'interview' was indeed more of a pleasant chat. Smile

aginghippy · 08/11/2016 13:01

I don't think dd is particularly worried about doing an interview, she is a good talker Grin. It's more that she wasn't expecting it.

I looked again at the information from Southampton and it was all a bit woolly, they consider each application on its merits, etc. Some of the others state very clearly that they do not interview, but they have offer holders visit days.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/11/2016 11:36

AH - We were a bit surprised as, while we knew that all of DD's other choices said they interviewed, we'd got the impression s'ton didn't. But I think it's just an 'informal interview' as part of the applicant day, I don't think it's a grilling like oxbridge or the vet/medicine type of things. It may be as much a chance for the uni to sell themselves to get applicants to put them as first choice as it is for them to assess the candidates. At this stage they probably have quite a high proportion of early applicants who have oxbridge as one of their other choices, and it really is a bit apples and oranges - yeah, its oxbridge but its general eng. I guess they also have to try to figure out who is likely to place them first or reserve so they can get their offer numbers about right - it must be quite hard!

Of course, this is idle speculation on my part and I should know a bit more by this evening! Grin

DD did a practice interview at school, TBH it wasn't particularly helpful.

ono40 · 08/11/2016 10:15

DS is still waiting for references from one teacher before he can submit UCAS, it's very frustrating as this teacher hasn't done anyone's yet. DS is planning to stay up all night to watch the US election results despite me telling him not to. Oh well, I can suggest he multi-tasks and does some work at the same time.

Good luck all those going for interview!

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.

Swipe left for the next trending thread