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Applying to multiple sixth form/colleges??

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Worriedmum86 · 28/10/2023 15:17

Ds goes to a grammar school, he needs high marks to get into the sixth form. (He may or may not get the grades...he's border line at present)
There is a sixth form nearby and a college too.
His choice 1 is his school sixth form to do a levels.
Choice 2 at the moment is the other sixth form with slightly lower grades required for a levels.
Choice 3 he has mentioned 2 t-level courses at the college which he likes the look of.

Do people usually apply to multiple courses and then decide once GCSE results are out?

When I was applied for college back in the dark ages I just applied for one course and my GCSE results determined the course level.

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TeenDivided · 28/10/2023 16:10

redskyanight · 28/10/2023 16:07

Do people usually apply to multiple courses and then decide once GCSE results are out?

They not only do but, in cases like yours where you think your son may be borderline to get the grades required to do his preferred courses, they absolutely should. There are stories on the GCSE threads every year, where there was no Plan B, and the parent/student are left scrabbling to find a suitable place somewhere.

Exactly. The last thing you want on results day is to be scrabbling around trying to consider applying to new places. Plans A, B and C are sensible to have.

redskyanight · 28/10/2023 16:07

Do people usually apply to multiple courses and then decide once GCSE results are out?

They not only do but, in cases like yours where you think your son may be borderline to get the grades required to do his preferred courses, they absolutely should. There are stories on the GCSE threads every year, where there was no Plan B, and the parent/student are left scrabbling to find a suitable place somewhere.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 28/10/2023 15:51

Do people usually apply to multiple courses and then decide once GCSE results are out?

Yes.

then it'll be uni or apprenticeship...

He could do an apprenticeship after GCSEs if he wanted.

boysmuminherts · 28/10/2023 15:49

yes, you definitely can and should apply to more than one. Good Luck!

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Worriedmum86 · 28/10/2023 15:45

Thanks, he's my eldest so it's all new...again. I thought we were over all the confusion and applying when our youngest got into secondary.... But now I'm into realms of sixth form and colleges and then it'll be uni or apprenticeship... Of course hoping by then he can do most of it himself with a little bit of guidance if he asks.

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TeenDivided · 28/10/2023 15:34

Apply to as many as you want.
Go to taster days after exams if they run them.
Decide after results.

Dacadactyl · 28/10/2023 15:24

Apply to about 3 and decide after results.

Ashara · 28/10/2023 15:22

Yes, my son started sixth form in September. He had 3 offers - 2 different colleges and his school 6th form. He’d set his heart on one college and got the grades so just let the other 2 know by email that he wouldn’t be taking up his place with them.

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