A level results day 2021 support thread

[Mrs08]

Hi 👋
I thought it might be nice to have a support thread for us parents? (Can't see one in further Ed yet??)
It's been such a difficult time for our kids - and for us! - but the end is in sight!
Ds will get an e mail at 8.30am (apparently) and can go into college in person if he needs help/advice.
Good luck everyone!
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Hello everyone,

DS got ADD, which is 96 UCAS points and more than he needed to go to his first choice, Bangor.

Apparently Bangor rang him this morning, but he missed it 🙄 and they haven't phoned back. No email from Bangor.

I've been telling him to get onto UCAS to check his place is confirmed, but he's got his driving theory test now and had to go out for that.

Is he going to lose his place if he doesn't do the Track bit on ucas?

@crossstitchingnana

For those who replied to my question re UCAS, no she never got any offers. She has not heard a peep.

This does sound like the application was never completed. Did she do all the bits she needed to do, filling in her five choices and writing her personal statement?

Is she at school / college? Did they do their bits - reference and predicted grades? First step is probably to ask school/college what happened, but it is very late to fix this now.

It's probably still possible to apply and get on a course for September this year but lots of places have been filled so choice will be limited - are there places available in clearing for the subject your DD wants to study?

She might find she's better off applying in the autumn and going to uni in 2022.

(If she is at school/college, they have done a very bad job of explaining the process if she didn't realise there was a problem until now. I mean, so bad that it's hard to comprehend they could be that bad. If this is the case I would be very annoyed with them.)

@LoonvanBoon @putthehamsterbackinitscage @tam23 @LIZS @EmmaGrundyForPM @singingstones @NewModelArmyMayhem18 Thank you for your feedback, spoke to their head of year and apparently there are a few students in the same situation so he recommended that we call the Uni directly which we did to be told to email admissions and we are still waiting to hear back from them 😫 DC was diagnosed with ASD at 18 which explained why they never achieved the A’s teachers said they were capable of. Teachers don’t seem to be able to help child get over fear/panic of exams. Extra time is useless for them, just means more panic time. CAMHS useless as she’s a “good child” who never causes problems so we borrowed money to pay for a private therapist this year. £100 each weekly session and it will take some time but DC is working at it - such an amazing trooper who doesn’t deserve this extra level of stress in their life. It is going to be a very long day and I will be having a G&T or wine tonight!!!!

@pistachioicecream that's a weird Covid coincidence! He has applied for Furness and another one - he can't remember! He's doing languages. Hope yours recovers quickly. Mine is coughing quite a lot but ok otherwise so far.🤞🏼

@MMMMMaria
I hope it all turns out ok, have got everything crossed for her

It’s been 50 years since my results day ( UCL ), and 28 since my daughter’s ( Leeds ) - but will never forget the tension and emotion .
Would have loved an online support thread like this, it’s brought a lump to my throat reading all the messages .
Well done , everyone ! xx

@MMMMMaria good luck to your DD. It's really not fair for 'firmed' universities to delay letting young people know 'yay or nay' until so late in the day (this happened two years ago with DS and Durham).

[quote kittykitty]@TheOriginalMrsMoss hard, isn't it? My daughter is definitely someone who'd have done great working in school and doing in person exams. These past two years have been her worst nightmare.

Am seething at the stupid teacher who told her this morning that he had been trying to work out whether to give her an A or not in economics which would have meant she got her second choice. What was he thinking?!![/quote]
@kittykitty Ugh how horrible for her. They are powerless in this situation.

My DS is the same - would have thrived under normal conditions, the pace of work in school leading up to exams followed by sitting a final exam. This year was like a death of 1000 cuts - so many additional demands that were actually quite counterproductive (at his school). He is adamant that all his submissions were consistently a grade higher in 2 subjects. There is an appeal process but as it's internal it will be an echo chamber - what Head of Department wants to admit that a mistake was made.

He's set on October resits but obviously hasn't had to do any work since May/June. I've called a couple of colleges but he wants to do it on his own. I think he'd benefit from the structure of a college. Either way, he's not going to university this year. Anticlimax is an understatement.

@Longtimenewsee

DS also off to Durham. Glad it’s all over as was so out of their hands this year! Hope it’s good news for all eventually!

Ignore my comment, wrong audience . I'll get it removed

@costcocosmos

I think the thread you are looking for is this way >>> www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4319230-A-level-grades?msgid=109827679

@costcocosmos

Ignore my comment, wrong audience . I'll get it removed

I think there's a few other peevish threads where you'll be in good company

@NotSorry yup! I'll get my coat.

[quote costcocosmos]@NotSorry yup! I'll get my coat.[/quote]
good for you for taking it in good spirit

Out of interest, what results are year 12s getting today? anyone know?

AS levels?

Year 12 are getting AS Levels and maybe EPQ if sat.

Over the moon, firm choice has just confirmed that they are offering a place! I don’t know who is more surprised but we are over the moon. What a brilliant end to a hideous stressful morning. Hope everyone else has positive results too!!! I’m off to scream with delight.

I didn’t think they still did them, that’s why I was wondering. DS1 did AS in 2014 but DS2 didn’t in 2018

@NotSorry those on international boards (so Private schools largely) can do them, as well as international students and those in Wales. However, those in State schools and doing the A Level (as opposed to International A Level) will not sit them.

DS did one last year, state school. Not all his subjects had the option to take the AS level, but Further Maths did. Varies from school to school.

Should add: they were part of the A Level before but got knocked out in some reforms, courtesy of Mr Gove I believe..

I think Further Maths is a common one to only take to AS. I'm referring to taking an AS to make up half your a level, and continuing on to Y13 to do the other half.

Well done, everyone! It's been so hard this last 18 months, so happy to see so many successes!

My son has got his insurance, which is Russell Group and a good course, but is at our local university, so he is really not sure. He's looking at clearing but has been beating himself up a bit as he really struggled with learning at home in Y13 and didn't do as well as he "should have". It'll be OK, but some fun parenting this week still!