New Batch of Year 13 parents this way!

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Hopefully this thread will appear on TIO! No need to use it til our old thread is done, but at least we have it for when we are ready.

Excellent Inchy! It’s an emotional rollercoaster this!

Well Done inchy’s DD! Fingers crossed for some fast offers!

DD just told me as she left for school this morning that she was supposed to update her personal statement over the weekend, and had only just remembered

oh no Lonicera. Are school looking at it today then?

I think so. I want DD to be happy in whatever she does and will support her, but I can't nanny her for the rest of her life and she needs to understand that she has to take responsibility for this kind of thing, and if the consequences are that she misses the deadline so be it.

Does anyone know if the order that the choices appear in is the order the DC have put them on? I've just seen DDs confirmation email, and am surprised to see the order. I know (think?) it makes no difference but thought she might place them in her preferred order. I had a chat with DH about it, and we agreed that at her age we'd never tell our parents what we really wanted if it was a bit aspirational, and we worried we might not make it. Of course she doesn't believe that we only want her to be happy in her choice! Just curious really.

I don’t think it makes any difference which order you put the universities in, it’s certainly not in order of preference. Think my DD put them in alphabetical order (just because she likes things to be “in order!”)

inchy another one on the way. As the universities don't see which other ones you have apply to, I can't see that the order makes any difference at all.

lonicera hopefully she will be able to sort it somehow. It is tough leaving them to learn from their mistakes - harder than doing it yourself I think.

Kitten it certainly is a rollercoaster of emotion at the moment - I never know what to expect when that bedroom door opens or slamseach day!

Inchy the UCAS drop down help box on the Choices part of the UCAS form says, 'Apply will arrange into alphabetical order. The order of your choices does not indicate any preference order - your application will be sent to all chosen universities and colleges at the same time.'

I think DS will work on his UCAS form over half term (how did that come round so quickly?!). EPQ looks like it's going to get a good predicted grade which will make a difference at 2 of the unis he's planning on putting on the list. PS still needs to be looked over by school (I think they are focused on Oxbridge etc at the moment). I will be relieved when the button is pressed. Good luck for offers to all those who've already submitted.

Yes, I do realise it makes no difference what order they are in, I was just surprised at the order they are in. It definitely isn't alphabetical though. It might be in number order of the course code. She's applying for basically the same subject at each one, but tiny differences mean slightly different course codes. It may well be that.

Anyway, she's had her first interview offer. I think only three of the five do interviews. It was a surprise to get that sort of reply so quickly!

Hi All. I have been lurking. My DD sent her applications in last Thursday. She says it takes a week to get the welcome email and to be on the system etc. Just wondered if this is everyone else's experience? She is so lackadaisical I feel I need to keep an eye on what is happening.

Nothing much to report here. Form submitted in September and we are now completing extra forms so unis can determine ds's fee status - home or international. Ds's contract (which he needs to dig out of the drawer where he shoves all work documents!) is not permanent which is a plus for home fees, but no house in the UK is a minus.

marmitelovers DD got the UCAS welcome email within an hour of the school completing their bits and sending today. We paid the £24 last night. Perhaps the delay with your DDs is at the school end?

College say that students should allow two weeks for them to add the reference to the UCAS form so it doesn't surprise me at all that marmite junior has been told to allow a week.

I think it must be a school hold up too as dd had hers the same day.

Very quiet from the unis so far, with just one sending anything out. That was quick Inchy! I think dd will only be interviewed at one place.

Shanghai, that sounds complicated, fingers crossed for you.

Thanks for the replies. Head of sixth form told her today he will be doing the final submissions this week before the Oxbridge closing date. So I am glad that I asked her and she checked she was on his pile of references to do. She was all attitude this morning but had to admit after school that it hasn't actually gone off yet. We have paid the £24 so that is all done.

it’s an anxious time for them marmite.

Badkitten it's an anxious time for us all

Definitely
Stocking up for the next few months!!

They are supposed to be anxious? DS must have missed that memo.

(Not that I'm complaining at all)

lol knitting! He can have some spare nerves form this household if you like.

Ds1 had a bit of a stress head today. I told him last week he should be aiming to have everything ready to send off today. He came home from school and we went through his list: everything is ready to go except the last minute change of one uni choice means he has some forms to get signed by all of his work experience placements. Although this will be easy to resolve (one has sorted it already) it caused a little stress with the two of us shouting. Even the dog disappeared!
Anyway he hasn't submitted yet and has gone off to cadets so hopefully will be feeling better when he gets home.

DD isn’t anxious exactly, more sort of jumpy, like she’s a ball of nervous energy. She says it’s a mixture of emotions - the anticipation and excitement of offers combined with the dread of a rejection, the apprehension about the aptitude tests, the hope for an invitation to interview but then the sickening nerves about going to an actual interview . . I hate wishing time away but I really am looking forward to the end of this waiting for offers stage, when hopefully things will feel more settled one way or another. Then all that’s left will be to get the grades . . . better buy more !!