Starting year 13 2016

Dd heard from Surrey today .... she's wait-listed and will hear more at the end of March.I'm taking it as positive news!!
Please keep on crossing fingers,toes and sending positive thoughts .

Yep crossing everything for her teta. It must be so difficult for vet and med hopefuls having to wait so long.

We're all thinking of you and your DD teta, all fingers and toes crossed for her XX

Bless you and your DD teta, it must be very frustrating just not knowing when everyone else seems to have had all their offers through. I don't blame you all for being fed up . I don't know why it takes medicine and vet med quite so long to give offers bearing in mind students need to apply earlier.

Valium and HRT sound good peaceandlOve.I was just so hopeful of her getting into Bristol as I feel it would really suit her.Mirabelle you are right .We are both under huge emotional strain.Its not had a good affect on dd and she has lost confidence .
Ds1 has had a week of exams this week for Common Entrance ( these are worse then A levels) and ds2 has 11+ exams today .He's also playing up at school and pretended he'd lost his phone when he had it.He 's shot himself in the foot with regards to any scholarship now by staying up all night on his phone and pissing off the teachers.
Apart from that life is great!!
I have to keep reminding myself that they're all happy,healthy and stable and that's what really matters in life.Not ephemeral things.
Thank you for the support .You're all so lovely.

And forget the flower and wine, I could have done with valium and perhaps HRT to get me through it!

Chin up Teta, my DD had all her interviews in Nov and Dec 2015 for 2016 entry, her Bristol offer came after March...

the other two rejected her before that time so on balance your DD is still ahead of the game.

She is currently at Bristol and working and playing hard and having loads of fun!

Not surprised Teta, huge emotional strain on you trying to keep her positive and focused for all these months. Fingers firmly crossed for some good news very very soon.

That's still three possibilities though teta and as everyone says she only needs one.

Fingers crossed for her X

teta. It must be incredibly frustrating for her, and you.

I don't know whether dd wil be going to Bristol.Offers came out last night and she hasn't heard anything.We are still waiting to hear from 3 universities now.Given that she was interviewed in November for two Its a bloody ridiculous wait and just too long to spend in limbo !
I'm irrationally furious this morning and could cheerfully murder someone.

Another Bristolian here keeping fingers crossed for her! Was a great place to send teens and early 20's. I came home and spent a very happy year working in research at the University after I graduated, lots of interesting things going on.

Me too - loved Bristol as a child.
Good luck BigTillymints dd.

Good luck to her from a Bristolian old girl Tilly 😊

DD had a great time in Bristol - stayed with bf, went clubbing, loved the uni and lecture (particularly research lecturers talks) and has firmed it!

Now she just has to get the grades. Gulp!

The course DD has her eye on at South Wales was open in clearing for several weeks or longer last year, so she's hopeful it will be there again this year at least with a few places for maybe a few days, though we have set aside results day to try to be as efficient as possible in responding to whatever the situation is. Hopefully will get Swansea though - that's what I'll be hoping for.

I'm planning trips to the seaside at Mumbles for the ice-cream they promised us on the open day! 😀

Teta your holiday sounds amazing - wish I was coming with you!

I think results are 17th Aug - DH always has to be there then anyway!

I panicked when you said that Mirabelle as I had completely forgotten about clearing.Its very rare that there are any Vet places through clearing unfortunately.I think most have a Wait List that they will fill their places from.I reckon this will be bigger this year due to the exam changes and consequent uncertainty.

If you are anticipating going through Clearing then I'd find out now what time the Schools and Colleges release the results. I helped a girl last year whose School released them at 9am . By the time she got home loads of places had been snapped up. It can take ages to get through, we had 3 phones on the go and would be sitting there for 30 mins then two would answer at the same time. I'll post some tips nearer the time but the main one is you need those results in readiness for 7am or you are at a disadvantage.

On student bank accounts, I found this guide

www.studentmoneysaver.co.uk/article/student-bank-account-guide/

I don't know if Santander are still offering the Railcard, or RBS/NatWest the National Express card, but these might be preferable to a cheap overdraft. I like to think that my 18 year old will manage money and stay within budget. Or am I fooling myself...

Sound fabulous teta.

Seems I have 3 teens studying for exams over Easter. We are looking after dniece while her dad honeymoons.
I'm struggling with the logistics, as she needs somewhere to sleep and study! I'm reluctant to put her with dd as she really needs her bedroom to herself. Our 4th bedroom is a study. We can squeeze a mattress in there, but then there's nowhere to study!

Don't know what happened there !!

Don't know what happened there !!

Sorry to everyone for all the trials,tribulations and sadness
Puts all of our day to day worries into perspective .
I'm jealous of you all though being able to make plans!
I'm quietly resigning myself to the thought that dd may not get an offer this year.But I wouldn't dream of saying this to dd (So can I just say it here quietly?)We've made plans for a really lovely holiday .Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu , K.L.,Australia etc.Dh has broken in to his his air miles to book a Penthouse Apartment in Melbourne city centre and hired a van to tour the coast road.So it's something to look forward to.When do the results come out because I think we might still be away.