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Finishing year 13 in 2017 part 2

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user9512736123 · 17/08/2017 19:46

New thread as the old one is at 990 messages!

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Horsemad · 31/08/2017 15:14

Aaagghhhg!

LineysRun · 31/08/2017 14:54

Last day of August, the day draws near ...

JugglingFromHereToThere · 30/08/2017 17:12

We were pretty close to re-sits here teta, fortunately for DD she got offers even though she missed her grades.
Really hard when they aren't able to progress with plans as much as they'd hoped, and coping with their feelings as well as your own.

I hope things go really well for your DD this year and she gets lots more opportunities for work experience to go towards future applications.
My DD was getting quite enthusiastic about possibilities for a gap year as she knew it would be a close run thing. She thought the international version of NCS (ICS?) could be really interesting.

Really feel for you both and hope it works out well for her this coming year.

teta · 30/08/2017 07:49

Thank you Flowers
You're all so lovely on this thread.
I'm looking forward to reading about the fun & trials and tribulations at Uni .I will be living through it with you vicariously 😋

indulgentberries · 29/08/2017 22:17

I spoke to the council,and student halls are a category m so they don't need an exemption since only students can live there.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 29/08/2017 21:50

Thanks for your good wishes Teta, all best wishes to your DD, am glad she has a plan in place x

bigTillyMint · 29/08/2017 19:18

Oh good luck to her Teta. Good that she has a friend in a similar position - in it together.

LineysRun · 29/08/2017 18:10

DS wouldn't touch his sixth form college again with a barge pole.

Wishing her luck, teta.

We still are struggling with accommodation.

ErrolTheDragon · 29/08/2017 17:53

Good for her, Teta - Thanks for the update, I was so sorry it hadn't worked out for her this year after all the extra effort and stress of vet applications.

Auntpetunia2015 · 29/08/2017 17:12

Intake/moving in day is Sunday 17th here...so not very far away. DS keeps saying it'll be weird when me and DS go back and he doesn't.

HSMMaCM · 29/08/2017 16:45

Good for her teta. DD said if she had to retake she wouldn't be going back to her sixth form.

teta · 29/08/2017 16:35

No.She wouldn't be able to bear that!
Her school did disastrously this year - 2/9 got into Medicine/vet medicine.We're going with expert tutors and sharing with her friend so they can both get more animal experience.

bigTillyMint · 29/08/2017 16:26

Good on her - hard to go back to redo when she had hoped to go away. Will she redo at school?

teta · 29/08/2017 16:17

She's got to redo one.One been remarked up to an A.Maths is two marks short after having 2/5 papers remarked.So it's worth having the other three re-marked.Anyhow she only has to redo one module as that was disastrous and brought her marksdown from a A.Chemistry however was a definite B.

bigTillyMint · 29/08/2017 16:10

Teta is she redoing her Alevels?

teta · 29/08/2017 15:48

Sorry, no impending departure here!
Dd has gone back to work with a Chemistry tutorial last night and today.It seemed to come flooding back with a bit of a prod.
I haven't wanted to post as you're all getting ready for imminent departure and we're not quite in the same boat at the moment.But I can sense the anticipation and nervousness through the posts.
Good luck with all the preparation and I will be thinking of you all 😁.

tobee · 29/08/2017 14:56

How are you dc feeling about impending departures? Ds said yesterday he feels weird about the new term starting at his old school and him not going back. All part of the feelings of leaping into the unknown I suppose. Also I think he's forgotten what academic work means! Grin

HSMMaCM · 29/08/2017 14:00

I'm moving DD on a Wednesday. Real pain, but I only have to do it for one child at least.

bigTillyMint · 29/08/2017 13:56

It had not even occurred to me that DD might have to pay council tax!

So it looks like DD has to move into her halls on a weekday - no slots on a weekend. Is that the same elsewhere?

Horsemad · 29/08/2017 12:43

On DS's halls website (private halls) it says an exemption certificate can be obtained when the student enrols, or from Student Services

Auntpetunia2015 · 29/08/2017 12:13

Well I had a google and Preston council are very clear thankfully.

Finishing year 13 in 2017 part 2
indulgentberries · 28/08/2017 13:50

Liney I wonder if they only have the studios left? That's the case where DS is going.

Good luck finding somewhere else.

I tried to email the council but you can't email them until you have a postal address in the area and it has to include the room number which we won't have until moving in day. At least that means you can't register to pay until you move in so they must be flexible.

LineysRun · 28/08/2017 10:21

I've just found a few online - tbh the rooms still available are the same prices more-or-less as Kendrick (the Unite one). But I'm having a read. And thanks - all suggestions welcome!

Horsemad · 28/08/2017 10:15

DS's friend is going to Reading, I'll ask if he has any ideas for you.

LineysRun · 28/08/2017 10:10

I'll have a Google, Horsemad. Thanks for the idea. (Although the university are implying not.) Otherwise we'll just have to suck up the cost for Year 1, and he can live more frugally next year!

Onwards and upwards ...

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