DS is in Y13 and applied unsuccessfully to Cambridge. He got the rejection and his finalised mock results during the same week, all culminating in a pretty unpleasant parents' evening this week. To be honest, I think he has been let down by the school. He had mocks at the time the interviews were taking place- why?? He didn't need the marks for UCAS and has only just got the finalised grades back, weeks after he actually sat them. He could have done the bloody things after the interview surely? He didn't do brilliantly in his mocks but I think he had so much on at the time.
He also had very little support, but I appreciate the school doesn't send many students there so there isn't the expertise. That isn't their fault, but things like organising the timetable of key events absolutely is. Now they are saying he may well not meet his targets and is not fulfilling his potential - which was high so he is doing fine but not as well as he could be if they put a bit of thought into their organisation! Anyone else have experience of this? It's so frustrating.
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Should school do more to support Oxbridge candidates?
lurchersforlife · 02/02/2024 20:07
Zoomerang · 03/02/2024 07:00
Oxbridge timing isn’t set in stone - the interviews happen over a couple of months, and then the offers (or rejections) dribble in. There’s no set timetable that school could work around. You’re being my very unfair to them.
lurchersforlife · 03/02/2024 06:40
Oh well, thanks all! I just feel there's been very little acknowledgement of special circumstances. I get what people are saying about him needing to cope with interviews and mocks at the same time, but I don't understand them being before Christmas and then not getting the grades until last week! It seems they took their sweet time with the marking while putting enormous pressure on the kids at an already pressured time for some. Then their marking timelines mean the kids get all the bad (or good I suppose for some) news all at once.
He does have other offers and I'm sure he will be fine, but it seems like he has quite a hill to climb now to get his first choice which, if the mocks had been after Christmas like in other schools, would not have been the case.
Neriah · 02/02/2024 20:44
He couldn't manage mocks and an interview? He wouldn't hack Oxbridge.
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