To not let myself get excited

[FrenchRuby]

I'm supposed to be starting uni in September. My dream course. I had an interview in Feb which went awfully, I couldn't remember anything, I kept umming and ahhing and going blank, I thought I'd blown it but they must have liked my portfolio because I got a conditional offer.

I had to retake my maths gcse which I had months of stressing over because I couldn't find somewhere to do it but I've now done and passed. Im still waiting for the certificate which I'm convinced wont turn up because I moved, I told my tutor but she's quite forgetful so I don't think she changed it. I've been chasing them up but it's getting me no where (been put on hold, passed around, given phone numbers that no one answers). I cant get my offer changed to unconditional until I send in my certificate.
I then had issues with dds nursery but that is now (fingers crossed) sorted.
So why do I get the feeling something is going to go wrong? Dds nursery grant wont come through or something with my student finance won't go right. I just have a really bad feeling (does anyone else get those for no reason at all).
Dh thinks I'm being silly but I just can't let myself get excited.

Because its been hard getting there!

Dont worry, I was like this when I started I felt like I was chasing my tail.

Believe me, this stress, multiple chasing thingsup and worry is totally normal.

You can get a copy of the certificate so dont worry about that. For example, I needed another copy of my GCSE results so just contacted the school who pointed me in the right direction.

If you havent changed the address then your cert probably has gone to the wrong address, keep calling your tutor and get it chased up.

It will be alright!

Thanks :) I never thought I'd be going to uni, I did awfully at school and I never thought I was clever enough. I think I'll be able to actually get excited when I'm there haha

Well, I'm officially excited on your behalf OP! That's fantastic news and fingers crossed that it all works out for you.

It'll all work out in the end!! I'm just graduating now, after a 3 year degree, and I remember only too well the bloody stress of grants and certificates etc!

Next year will be easier, the first year applying is always a ballache!! Congratulations, I'm sure all will be well. Enjoy the course, I'm off to do my Masters in September, so student life is not so bad ;)

Good Luck!

If you contact the exam board they can send you a new certificate directly.
I had to do this when I did my PGCE as I'd lost all of my gcse and a level certificates during one of the many house moves that occurred in the intervening ten years!

When did you actually take the exam? January or May? Even if it was January- all that could have come out is a provisional results slip. (Due to messing about with exam boundaries, it might not even have had a grade on it.)

A proper certificate will be issued in August, so you could actually just pop down to the place on the day, before they post it out.

I did the adult level 2 maths instead of gcse and my tutor said the certificate would be with me within 2 weeks of my exam, it's been about a month now (not long I know but I'm a worrier haha) I phoned up for my results which they told me on the phone but then they said another department delt with the certificates and gave me a number that just rang and rang every time I tried, so I phoned the college back and they said that they'd get them to ring me, that was a week ago and I've heard nothing :/
I was going to try again Monday.

I KNEW it would mess up. I just phoned them to see about my childcare grant and we don't qualify, dh earns too much apparently (at 16k a year?! How?!) I can't afford to pay nursery fees :(

I've just got off the phone with them again, I dot understand how £16k a year is too much?! But anyway, he says I can apply anyway but I won't get it. I knew I should trust my gut feeling on these things.