UCAS applications

[mumblechum1]

When are people's DCs planning on finalising their personal statements, with a view to getting the UCAS applns sent off?

DS's school have done the grade predictions but as far as I know haven't done the reference bit yet.

DS has done the first draft of his PS, has feedback from his tutor and is aiming to polish it up this weekend.

[MariscallRoad]

NewFerry Good luck to DS tomorrow . Exams are stress and may be he wanted a change of environment. DS was hard working for his exams but he avoided to revise on the day before I do not know why .

[IKnowWhat]

Here is one Uni's info on The ABB Grade issue as referred to by NeedMoreSleep.

[MABS]

many thanks, dd knows she screwed up a big question in business today :(

[NewFerry]

Oh mabs, hopefully she will have done better on the rest of the paper and still get the grade she needs

DS finished 40 mins early, and thought the resistant materials paper was pretty straight forward. Last time he thought this he missed the last page of the exam entirely!
I think I may need to break out the wine, even though its only Tuesday

[MABS]

Wine out here too!

[melodyangel]

Thinking of you all and your DC's

MABS How is your DS doing?

[xylem8]

DS first exam of this sitting tomorrow.Mechanics .Have banned him from revising today, so he is fresh for it tomorrow

[MABS]

Ds not very well Melody, thank for asking, appreciate it :)

[NewFerry]

Mabs, sorry to hear DS still poorly. It must be adding extra pressure at an already stressful time, I hope you are managing ok.

[MABS]

thanks girls, how were ystdy exams? dd has one tmro

[NewFerry]

DS sitting a maths paper now.
I'm supposed to be revising for an accountancy exam next week, but instead I'm fretting (& mumsnetting)

[xylem8]

which accountancy exams are you doing NewFerry. I did ACCA years ago and still shudder at the memory!

[NewFerry]

AAT business tax

But in good news, DS thought his maths exam was ok.

[xylem8]

was he doing mechanics?

[NewFerry]

Yes. What did your DS think of the paper?

[melodyangel]

Good luck to all your DC's.

MABS - so sorry to hear he is still so poorly. Hope things improve soon.

[MABS]

dd said geog was good yesterday!

[minsmum]

My dd thought geog was good friday too. It all seems to be over really quickly, she had 4 exams this week and one next Friday and that's it bar the worrying.
She wasn't best pleased with her RS exam but not too unhappy with the rest so far.

[NewFerry]

DS is taking the Edexcel maths papers and their teacher has told them that most of the papers are emergency replacements as the original papers had been left out in a school somewhere, so they all had to be replaced.

Not sure if it's at all significant, just an interesting fact to share.

Actually, are there any stats showing whether emergency papers tend to give rise to better or worse results? And if so, do I want to know?

[boomting]

NewFerry - all it will be is a paper that is written for that specification, but with slightly different (but no harder / easier) questions from the original paper. The difference in papers will be similar to the difference between this year's and last year's papers.

[MABS]

don't know Newferry.

[MABS]

all over tmro lunchtime :)

[eatyourveg]

Here is the link for the maths edexcel fiasco

[melodyangel]

Hope your all holding up been thinking of you all and your DC's.

Have started filling a box with bits for DS to take to uni. He will be the one with the cupcake cases and icing set, it was that or put them in the charity box. I feel he is going to beg me to stop decluttering before he ends up with a room full of random stuff and nothing useful.

[MABS]

very funny melody! good idea tho, I got tons of tat to get rid of :)