Anyone's DC off for their final year of uni?

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DalmationDots · 13/09/2013 20:26

DD is off next weekend for her 3rd and final year. All gone so quickly!

Has your DC enjoyed their time at uni?
What are your DC's plans for after uni? Are you expecting them home again?

DD liked uni a lot, made good friends but still is closest to her girls from school. She says she will be ready for something different after this year. DD is planning to move to London and so I feel like after next summer she will be 'moved out' from home for good.
Think she wants to get the balance between hard work and making the most of the last year at uni. She has never been an absolute lover of uni but says she will really miss it and she certainly has grown and changed a lot since when I dropped her off 2 years ago.

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Theas18 · 13/09/2013 23:00

Dd1 is off for her 3rd year. She's loving it. Doing very wll and planning further study but has to decide whether to stay where she is or try elsewhere for a broader experience/ more specialised experience.

She's alo social secretary of her department soc. this worries me a bit but so far she's balanced work/social life so I guess I have to trust her.

BlackMogul · 13/09/2013 23:48

DD1 back in about 2 weeks. Fourth and final year. Just been ordering medieval French/Italian books on Amazon of all places. DD wants to convert to law so another 2 years of study await and as she wants to be a barrister, no training contract either to help with fees! Oh well..... DD has made loads of friends at univesity but is also very close to school friends and other friends she knew before University. I have no doubt she will get involved with Uni societies because she was very active in her second year before she did her year abroad. (That was another year's worth of friends). I think if they are capable, they are going to get involved. They should - it is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

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DalmationDots · 14/09/2013 10:15

Theas18 DD is doing social sec for her department society too, worries me as well!! But I think she will balance it... just got to trust her :D and as BlackMogul says, they've got to make the most of these opportunities, in a year they won't be so readily available.
DD got on a grad scheme after an internship this summer is 90% sure she will keep the place but wants to look at the other things on offer too. Feels like lots of tough decisions and hard work ahead! She has had to start her dissertation this summer, she seems to have got stuck in.

Still can't get my head around her graduating and then come next September no longer popping home each holiday once she is in a job, feels almost surreal.

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Lilymaid · 14/09/2013 12:51

DS2 off for his final year in a couple of weeks - he is on a 4 year course and spent last year at a US university. He's hoping to get a job (and as he is studying economics with quite a reasonable maths component he stands a good chance).
He didn't go to his preferred university as missed grade by one UMS mark, but has enjoyed himself at his insurance offer. Whilst he's been at university he has been diagnosed with a chronic illness (now well under control) and has coped with that. His university friends all rallied round him magnificently. He's planning to work pretty hard this year to guarantee a decent 2:1.
His big brother, DS1, graduated 5 years ago in the same subject and has been either in full time well paid employment or self funding an MSc ever since. He has not returned home apart from visits, though we are storing a vast amount of stuff for him at present as he is working on the other side of the world.
I'm very pleased at the way DS2 has matured, coped with illness and come out of a difficult situation in such a positive way. Hopefully, this time next year he will be starting a job that he wants!

mummyofteens · 14/09/2013 15:53

Where have the two years gone? DS1 also missed his first choice uni choice by 1 UMS and was very unhappy about the idea of going to his insurance uni but he has had a fantastic time, made some great friends, loves his course and is doing v well. He has also admitted that he was a bit of an idiot about getting so hung up over going to Warwick. He is at York now and it is very strange to think he will be graduating next summer but he does plan to do a further qualification, probably a Masters degree

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DalmationDots · 14/09/2013 16:19

mummyofteens DD loved Warwick too right up until the Easter before where she had to make up her mind, she suddenly got cold feet about Warwick and the course there so made a last minute big switch to Bristol where we hadn't even visited as she partly never expected to get in and partly was unsure about the city scene. We did a last minute weekend day trip to Bristol and she fell in love with the city. Turns out it was definitely for the best and she is pretty certain in hindsight she would have hated the campus feel.
Funny how it all works out in the end after all the fretting!

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Mumof3teens · 15/09/2013 21:17

DS2 back at uni doing his final (5th) year. Doesn't seem 2 minutes since he started. DS3 off abroad this week for his 3rd year, so very empty nest :(

larry5 · 15/09/2013 22:11

Hope they all do well this year. Dd is home this year after getting a 2.1 in maths last year. She is currently studying to be a secondary maths teacher and is living at home and attending a local university. The three years she was at uni went very quickly.

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DalmationDots · 16/09/2013 00:11

larry5 congrats to your DD and I hope she is enjoying her PGCE, contrary to all the recent press and government interference - teaching is such a great and rewarding career.

One week until DD is off to Bristol for the third and final time!

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