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Hampton 11+

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mummy2aPrince09 · 06/01/2020 14:45

Calling all parents who’s ds sat the 11+ today... ds said maths was super hard and not the usual questions, he said he couldn’t finish the paper. Wondering if it was the case for the majority or he just had a bad day...

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goobledygok · 15/01/2020 14:04

@R272727 we are D. Now waiting for RGS Hmm

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 13:58

My DS said Maths was so tough, too. He has an interview and an audition at other schools tomorrow and the next week. Hopefully this Hampton result won't get him disappointed too muchBear

goobledygok · 15/01/2020 13:18

Just found this thread. We received a 'No' yesterday at 7pm from Hampton. DS found the maths really tough so wasn't expecting a scholarship call last week !

R272727 · 15/01/2020 13:05

The waiting is awful I think mostly for the mums Shock

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 11:51

r272727 we are in the first half of the alphabet. Good luckSmile

TaupeAndTeal · 15/01/2020 11:29

R27

The offer letters for boys at a lot of schools are either posted 1st class on 13th or emailed on 14th Feb. There is an agreement between them.

Contessa28 · 15/01/2020 11:25

We heard in previous years both times on the Thursday for a general interview and we are in the second half of the alphabet just in case that helps! The waiting is just awful!

R272727 · 15/01/2020 11:22

@getofmyunicorn thanks for the info. So it seems the nos come out faster at Hampton than RGS. Also do you l ow how quickly the yes letters come out for Hampton or do all schools have to send the offers out on the same day? X

GetoffmyUnicorn · 15/01/2020 11:07

@r272727 it definitely seems to be in school order so I wouldn’t think about where in the alphabet you are. Has anyone else from your school sat Hampton? If not it’s just a waiting game unfortunately, as you know you will get an answer either way very soon.
We also sat RGS and from previous year threads it looks like letters will be sent out at the end of this week for those that have a second interview or a scholarship interview.
If you don’t get one of those then the next 2 dates are around the 1st Feb when the no letters go out. And the 13th Feb when the yes letters go out.
Fingers crossed for you x

summerissooncoming · 15/01/2020 10:50

It's a no for us too. So gutted ! DS loves Hampton ! Waiting for KGS now

ma1arkey · 15/01/2020 10:24

R27 - maybe don’t worry to much about the significance of alphabetical order. It could be by candidate number? Have others from your DS school applied?

R272727 · 15/01/2020 10:06

Of alphabet I mean.

R272727 · 15/01/2020 10:05

@coffeebeanchocolate sorry to hear that I forgot we’re you at start or end ?

R272727 · 15/01/2020 10:04

Thank you @muminthetrain for letting us know. I am still asking to see if anyone got a no at start of alphabet. Please let me know

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 10:04

Hi, I just received no for us!

Mumintherain · 15/01/2020 10:03

We just received a “No” from Hampton this morning. We Are end of Alphabet. Wasn’t expecting a yes as DS did find this one hard... hoping for better news from KGS this evening 🤞🤞🤞

ma1arkey · 15/01/2020 09:53

I do think this kind of process adds unnecessary stress though. They must know fairly quickly who they are not going to interview. Why not just tell them first, in a group mail on a given day, and then call their interview groups in whatever order they want to organise them?

R272727 · 15/01/2020 09:52

Are there any RGS mums here too?

R272727 · 15/01/2020 09:47

@coffeebeanchocolate so you haven’t heard anything either and you are at beginning of alphabet? Yes very stressful Confused

ma1arkey · 15/01/2020 09:47

I think there is probably some system to how they send the emails out because they used to do it by school. Maybe they still do? From some preps, for instance, they have quite a few applying every year, so they tell them all together. They used to interview in school groups too, do this may well still be the case? When DS had an interview there some years ago, there was a whole group from our school, and about three other groups of 5/6 boys each, all from different preps. So don’t worry if you haven’t heard yet.

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 09:34

It's stressful for mum to wait but we will hear soon.

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 09:33

Send out at the end of the day. I don't expect anything in this morning.

coffeebeanchocolate · 15/01/2020 09:32

Hi R272727, I expect we will hear today late afternoon.

Probably they use computer system to send out those e-mails. If so, they are now working to input the result of the rest of children and send out at the

anewdecade · 15/01/2020 09:17

Sorry- interview yes- not a straight yes!

R272727 · 15/01/2020 09:10

Has anyone with first had of alphabet got any no email??

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