Thread 25 - Covid Cohort - Christmas Trees, No Omicron Please!

[OrangeCinnamonCocktail]

This is a thread for supporting all young people post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting. It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, please don't within this thread. Please also be sensitive when responding to posts about grades.

Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this goodwill continues.

Our DS/DD may go down various paths (such as employment, apprenticeships, higher ed) We have decided, for anyone interested, they will most likely find us within the Further Ed board.

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And to your DD too @OrangeCinnamonCocktail!
@crazycrofter yes it’s a lovely surprise to get it this side of Christmas!
A couple of DDs choices said that they would not offer until after all offers were in but did go on to release early ones- fingers crossed for your DD!

Well done Proggy and Orange. Nice to be getting offers in just before Christmas.

Well that's a same Volterra but sensible. Fingers crossed for Xmas Eve going ahead. We are, hopefully, skating at National History Museum.

Ooo, excellent news Proggy and Orange 😀😀😀

Well done @ProggyMat!

DD got one too just now! Birmingham (AAB). She also got RHUL and Lancaster asking for BBB so she has all 5 offers now!

How lovely that Unis are working to get these out this week when seemingly not expected! Well done to BM's DD too

Congratulations to your DD BlueMarigold!

Congrats Blue

Well done to your Dd @bluemarigold

My nephew at Lancs is loving it and is really embracing student life...the campus seems to facilitate it. Nephew at RHU not really getting on with those in his flat and finding it much harder but I'm sure he'll get there in New Year

Great news @BlueMarigold, how nice to have all 5 before Christmas!

Dd has two offer holder days booked in mid Feb and first week of March.

@Oblomov21

Is it too late for us all to put in a joint mums UCAS application to both Bournemouth and Winchester? Can't think of anything nicer. 3 years of bliss.

Don't forget Lincoln

Congrats on offer to Proggy, Orange and Blue, great news!

Delighted for those seeing more offers this week.

I've never been to Bournemouth or Winchester so where do I sign up to be educated? However in a past life I've delivered training to staff at L, does that make me an undesirable?

Thanks to @ProggyMat the family now thinks I’m psychic - after seeing news of Proggy Jnr’s offer casually suggested DS check his emails just in case. DS has UCL offer! Needs 36 points in total (minimum of 17 at HL and no subjects under 5). Congrats to orange and blue.

Hehe, classics duo definitely in sync well done to your DS Horace

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Marigold, I think you're our first 5-offer-'ers.

Yay! @Horace123
Keeping my fingers crossed that they stay ‘in sync’ for the next one!!!
@BlueMarigold well done to your DD! Has she any idea of which ones will be her firm and insurance as yet?

Lovely to hear of the offers. Not sure I fancy Bournemouth or Winchester. Anyone else up for Landscape Architecture at Sheffield?
Just cancelled my 1 Christmas social evening. I have a pregnant Dd coming here for Boxing Day don’t want to risk catching COVID.

Love it Horace! There must be more mileage with that.

That's a shame Zebra. Lots of people coming to the same conclusion.

Can't go to Sheffield in case DS ends up there. He would be most disgruntled.

Trying to imagine DS's face if I announced I was going to start studying at the same university as him 😂

@BlueMarigold congratulations!!! There you go 5 offers and all before Christmas!!! Go and relax and start booking offer days!!

Hi all !! Hope you are all ducking and diving to avoid covid and get a nice Christmas.

Good Friends got to Chamonix by car for the skiing after a change of plan originally going car and big kids via plane but decided middle of last week it was looking iffy and decided to shoehorn them in to the car. Thank god for Nintendo switches !! Was the text I just received. The snow looks amazing and they’ve had such a hard year so pleased they got there.

Sorry crazy here with work, the 3DCs and extended family with plans changing daily so only just started to read posts from 3 days!

@Wheresthebeach we did the skating at NHM in 2019 and loved it !! I know the museum itself has closed due to covid outbreak but the skating is separate.

If you are travelling on the tube in London try and wear the FFP3 masks over a blue and white or cloth mask. Many people still not wearing masks so FFP3 masks have helped me avoid covid on my commute.

@singingstones
She’s nearly finished, got her last big exam on Wednesday so if all goes well her first flight will be on 4th Jan

@Isthisjustnormal She’s got 4 days off! I’m really looking forward to having her home