Essex 11+ 2012 - Anyone else doing it?

[piggywigwig]

I was wondering if there's any other MN'ers on the countdown to the 22nd September?
How's everyone feeling? How's everyone's DC's feeling? Does anyone want a hand-holding session, support and even a rant?
I'd love to hear from fellow Essex parents

[CouthyMowWearingOrange]

The emails START coming out at 4pm, according to the CSSE.

I have no nails left. I am now chewing the bloody stumps of my fingers.

I am about 1000 times more nervous than DS1. I guess it helps that he knows that our catchment Secondary is a fairly good school that actually actively wants him to go there!

[ByTheSea]

DD2 is pretty relaxed. DH and I are a bit nervous. Understatement.

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

I can't sleeeeeep! Waiting until after 4pm is going to be murder.

I have fathomed through some digging that the last standardised score that got into CRGS in 2011 was between 333.782 (Offered), and 331.513 (Not offered, but may have got in on waiting list, can't ascertain that one). There was also one boy admitted on appeal.

In 2012, 341.285 was the last place offered initially, and 338.84 got in on appeal. There was also a successful appeal for this year too.

I am assuming that I am hoping for a standardised score of at least 335 to be in with a chance, given the catchment changes at KEGS.

Good luck to all tomorrow.

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Balls. In 2012, the 338.84 got in from the WAITING LIST, not from appeal.

[MrsBartlet]

Good luck to everyone waiting to hear from the CSSE today!

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Yes, good luck. Will we all be lurking here from 4pm onwards?

[letseatgrandma]

I cannot concentrate on anything-this is ridiculous!

I also keep checking my email on the off chance that they send them early!

Please please please let these results be useful! The King John results that came out on Saturday were utterly pointless-please let these be more use than those!!

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

I am trying to keep my email inbox empty, so I know when it comes in, but idiots keep sending me texts I don't want.

Messages from fb, sale emails from shops, even a PPI email.

Can they all just DO ONE until tomorrow?!

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Just got an email, opened it...and it was from build a bloody bear workshop. Aaaaarrrrggghhh!

[minxthemanx]

Hello, thought I'd join in - another Mum that's been waiting around all day for results. This is purgatory! I've just done the ironing and made a marble cake to keep myself busy ......... please, please send the blardy emails!!!

[ByTheSea]

Still waiting for the email here... Arggghhh!

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

I STILL haven't had the email. I'm getting worried too about some of the scores I've seen. It's a VERY high scoring year, especially for boys, I'm seeing scores well in excess of 370, and even quite a few over 390!

I don't think 333 is going to make it into CRGS this year, I think you are looking at over 355 tbh.

Whyyyyyyyyyyy won't my inbox ping????!!!!

[minxthemanx]

I'm getting seriously pissed off with waiting. It's exhausting! Where have you seen these scores- this is my first experience with the 11+ so I have no idea what the scores etc mean. If they ever arrive!!!!!

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

The elevenplus forum.

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

We aren't the only people still waiting though, on the plus side. Lots still waiting.

[letseatgrandma]

We got our email at about half five. DS got 357 which seems good enough to get into Southend Boys from within catchment.

Fingers crossed you get yours soon Couthymow. Is your email account Hotmail?

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Yes, but am having no problems getting 17 UTTERLY IRRELEVANT emails since 4.30pm on my iPhone, only a problem on the laptop.

And I just read on the forum that they might not finish sending them out until 10-ish this year!!

[minxthemanx]

I really am going slightly insane. Doesn't help that I'm fighting a horrible bout of sinusitis, and just want to curl up in bed and sleep. This is so bloody irritating - why does it take so long!!!

[iMum]

still waiting :(

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Still waiting here. Some people on the elevenplus forum have posted about receiving their email at around 6.30 is but that the email says it was sent at 4.42!

I think that there is a massive delay in the emails actually getting through - they're floating somewhere in t'interweb!!

Doesn't help US though. I am now such a ball of nerves that I feel sick.

I HAVE noticed a 20 minute - 1hr delay on times with my emails though, myself. I just received two (NOT IMPORTANT FFS) emails, at 9.53, one was sent at 8.45, one at 9.35.

Grrrrrrr.

[letseatgrandma]

It's 10pm now-surely they have sent them all now!?

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

They may have sent them all, but they certainly haven't all been received.

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

No, there's no way to log into the system. Kent is done differently (have family in Kent), because there are far more Grammar schools, they are allocated through the LEA.

Hang on, mail box pinged. Will go check, hopefully it's not some inane tripe from fb...

[CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz]

Rrrraaaarrrgghh! Bloody fb. Bloody CSSE.

According to the elevenplus forum, there's been no received emails in the last two hours! There's speculation that the CSSE server has crashed.

I bloody hope not, if I can't tell DS his scores before he goes to school, all he will be hearing is the scores of the other 5 that sat the test, when he hasn't even received his results! [boggley eye emoticon]