Really, really useful. Thank you all so much. I posted on the Yr 13 thread that we had a rocky August with both DD and DH becoming seriously ill - with different things. Though better, DD is starting this crucial term physically and mentally exhausted, plus we missed the week set aside for research and a possible whistle stop tour of various campuses. Something has to give, and it is open days and BMAT.
The information on Kings is really useful. DS' experience of LSE has been very positive, and DD is happy to stay. Though it is possible DD would study outside London and never want to come back, London children often don't travel well. It seems inevitable that London Universities get lower satisfaction rates, whatever subject, so it's valuable to have more on detail of the underlying London, College and course elements. Given DH's quick recovery was due to very prompt, by the book, treatment in A&E in one of these hospitals, despite the problem being impressively rare, we owe them a certain loyalty. But also, as it happens with these things, KCL have a good record of making offers to pupils from DDs school, in very direct contrast to, say, Bristol.
The link to the different teaching methods is also useful. I had been looking for something like that, but had not found it. Dyslexia is weird and brings with it advantages as well as disadvantages. (One example is she seems to have learnt GCSE language orally, so has retained much more than her peers. Indeed seems capable of real, albeit basic, conversion with Germans!) She takes in a lot in lessons, so it seems sensible to keep to similar teaching methods.
Her academics are sound, especially for a child who was told at 10 that she did not stand a chance of a place in a selective London school and should be thinking about "country boarding". GCSE is 7As and 3 As, plus, if we ever needed to argue the toss, something else that is technically worth A. AS was 5 As with an average of 90% UMS, and she has 3A* science predictions. So nothing ruled out. Written down it sounds like stealth boasting, but she is the poster child for late developers. The concern is that, given her very slow processing speeds, at some point academic pressure and volume over-ride her coping strategies, so good pastoral care might be the tie breaker. St Andrews' three year pre-clinical course, with London clinical after, is therefore attractive.
More research this weekend. However two or three are now starting to stand out, so what looked like an overwhelming task at the start of the week is now looking more manageable. She likes the sound of Dublin, so a gap year or a parallel Irish application are both acceptable Plan Bs.
More ideas welcome.....