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March 3 Sceondary results/Waiting

368 replies

AdventureTime · 27/01/2014 16:34

This is my first post and I'd like to kick start he waiting thread.
DD hoping to get 1st choice grammar but has completely forgot about it all.
How's the anxiety/nervousness/ overall wait?

OP posts:
Dancergirl · 22/02/2014 10:50

Yes it is journey

Do you happen to know of anyone else who didn't place it first? I'm trying to work out our chances!

Journeytolight · 22/02/2014 10:59

In DDs class one is turning down in favour of indie. Another also because of commute. Friend's DD put it down as no5 and her 3rd choice is v. likely so not going to HBS. That's all the people I know not including myself.

goldie81 · 22/02/2014 12:21

Journey I'm in herts but think shred has applied to herts & bucks schools. I'm just going with consortium schools. Just clinging to fact that scores have been standardised so shouldn't increase too much. Is that right???

WantToKnowNow · 22/02/2014 13:35

Goldie, I don't know whether that's right but am also hoping that it is! DDs score would have got her a place in all the last years that I can find data for but is not high enough to be 'safe' IYSWIM. I can't wait to get back to school/work on Monday...just want this last week to go faster than half term has. I've had far too much time to dwell on it this week!!

goldie81 · 22/02/2014 14:45

I don't really get standardisation even though read up on it- still don't want to 'believe' it all! I know far too long to dwell! Luckily things been mad here this wk & think next wk will be busy enough. Yes same for dd- I went on elevenplusexams & they had results going much further back than on schools websites but unless it's in black & white I'm not getting my hopes up!!

FiveHoursSleep · 22/02/2014 15:20

Oh you poor things, I so remember these feelings this time last year. Offers day is the longest day ever too :(

WantToKnowNow · 22/02/2014 15:38

Same here.....although I'm dreading it being a near miss & having to sit on a waiting list for months, maybe still not getting anywhere!! That would be very hard for a ten year old to deal with... knowing that they did their best, which would have been enough previously but not when it counts.. In the meantime, I try to remind DD that she liked all four schools when we visited but she's adamant that she only wants to go to Parmiters. Hey ho, at least the countdown has started now!

goldie81 · 22/02/2014 15:55

They've done their best & if that's not good enough then parmiters not worthy enough of having my dd!!! Haha!!

Journeytolight · 22/02/2014 16:05

Goldie, you took the words right out of my mouth regarding the above post. Only one school we put down is pretty much guaranteed but that's a really shitty undersubscribed comp which I don't think DD would be too happy about if she gets a place there and nowhere else.

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 22/02/2014 16:23

Yes I'm in Herts but have applied to Bucks too. Though we are unlikely to take the Bucks option if offered, mainly due to distance. Plus poor old ds2 would have to go through the 11+ himself this coming September.

I too have read all the stuff on standardisation but not having a degree in statistics has somewhat hampered my ability to get it Wink. However, my general understanding is that while the cut off score in March might move a mark or two, it seems to even itself out to a very consistent level by September at the latest.

goldie81 · 22/02/2014 17:27

I think that's the case very much the case with standardisation. I did have a friends hubby go through it all got me & he reckoned a statistical certainty but who knows. All of dd friends seem to have done so well this yr that it's impossible they all get a place!
At the end of the day despite me not wanting dd to go to some of the schools that I see are a bit crappy, I do know kids that have gone to these schools & flourished!
Aaaaahhhh wish we just knew now- enough waiting!!

Journeytolight · 23/02/2014 07:45

1 week and a day left. I'm going to tell DD that it's only nearly a week left today. I wonder if she will be calm or not, well I'm not

StripesSpotsNoChecks · 23/02/2014 08:09

My dd is calm on the surface but there's been a few questions like 'what time will the email arrive on 3rd' - 'will I know before I go to school that day' etc so it is obviously on her mind a bit.

Am I the only Kent parent on here?!

(psssst it's me myarseis... forgot I had name changed Grin)

Rabbitcar · 23/02/2014 08:21

Dancergirl, we are waiting for HBS too. We have indie offers, but DD2 is desperate to go to HBS as DD1 goes there, and DD1 really wants DD2 to go there too. Not sure how much work I will get done on Monday 3rd, refreshing my email all day! But I am moving to a new dept and DD2 has a music exam that day, so am hoping that will distract us! Btw DD2's friend in the top 250 will not be accepting the place as she is going to an indie. Good luck!

OddBoots · 23/02/2014 08:29

We're waiting too. I'm 99% sure dd will get her first choice but there is always that chance - her first choice is the only one she could reasonably walk to.

Thankfully there is no 11+ or even any suitable Indy schools near here so all the schools are proper comps with no creaming off.

Dancergirl · 23/02/2014 08:48

Good luck to you too rabbit

What are your indie options? My dd has a place at St Helens where dd1 is. She didn't get either Habs or NLCS which I was surprised about and she's taken it very hard Sad Its so tough for them.

Dancergirl · 23/02/2014 08:49

Does anyone know what time the email might arrive on the 3rd? I have only heard 'evening'

goldie81 · 23/02/2014 09:33

Had an email saying they'd be sent out after 6pm on the 3rd! At least that means we have an eve to digest before facing other parents in playground!

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 23/02/2014 10:02

So do we actually get an email, or do we have to log in first to the allocation website after 6pm and its on there?

tiggytape · 23/02/2014 10:08

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Rabbitcar · 23/02/2014 10:08

Dancergirl, well done to your DD. DD1 got a Channing scholarship and offers from NLCS and CLSG. Will probably accept Channing if she doesn't get HBS, as it's nearer home. We feel that closeness to home is more important than being in a top ten school. DD1 has been very laid back about the process, and doesn't seem at all concerned; if she doesn't get into HBS straightaway she seems to think she will get in off the waiting list! Hmm DD2 is more stressed on her behalf. Your DD did very well, so shouldn't take it hard. I keep telling my DD that she did well enough to get into the last 250 at HBS as plenty weren't that lucky.

Journeytolight · 23/02/2014 10:11

StripesSpots, yay, myarseis is back!

Before reading your whole post, I was about to reply, myarseis is in kent but then I read that you are myarseis.

One question, can you view the results before you get the email?

Rabbitcar · 23/02/2014 10:12

I checked my old emails, and with DD1, the email came at 5.20.

tiggytape · 23/02/2014 10:12

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Journeytolight · 23/02/2014 10:23

I'm going to log on without email Grin

I just need to know so the wait is over.

Is anyone going to wait for the email?