New Uni starters 2015 (continued from Preparing for Uni)

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Thought we needed a new thread to continue from preparation.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/higher_education/2466997-Preparing-for-Uni-in-2015-continues

Suspect all have arrived by now...

I'm going to be living on beans!!!! Just sorting out student finance for next year and because we are a limited company (myself and husband) we have claimed two years dividends in one year as the government will be taxing them next financial year BUT this means DD will be getting minimum maintainence loan - and due to London rent and living/travel we are looking at topping her up by nearly £200 a week!!!

*maintenance - typo!! Oops!

Bloody hell Quietly. I thought it was bad that we are topping her up by 500 ish/mth

DS going back on Wednesday. Lectures don't start again until Monday but he has a party to go to on Thursday . Exams some time in May - timetable not out yet and then course ends June 4th. Has to be out of accommodation by 11th June and will have to come home as rental on next years property doesn't start until September.

Well DD is not going back. She has not liked her course since the beginning. She was getting very stressed to the extent that it was making her ill. She has given it a good go, but has decided she really doesn't want to do this. She has made a late Ucas application for a different course - still a Stem course but less vocational (don't want to identify DD by saying what her course was). She has got a couple of unconditional offers for September so will be living back home and working part-time until then. Her old school have been great and supported her new application and written her a new reference. Her tutor from uni has also written her a lovely reference.

Gosh hellsbells what a brave move and well done to your DD for making the right decision - must have been very stressful for her. But sounds like she has it all sorted - sending best wishes that the new start will be the right one for her

Well Done to your DD hellsbells, that takes some doing.

Good luck for her new course.

Thank you Horsemad and Quietly. It has been stressful for all of us but hopefully will be for the best. DD2 is also starting uni in September (fingers crossed) so I will have 2 freshers!

Good luck to her hellsbells. All credit to her for realising it wasn't the right thing and sorting something else out. I truly wish her well. She sounds a trooper.
Oh and good luck with 2 freshers

Lots of good luck to your daughter hellsbells. I am very impressed that she has sorted out another course and all that entails. It takes a lot of guts to recognise when something isn't right for you and then move on rather than be stuck with inertia.
You will have fun packing for two freshers!

Thanks Gypsy and Hocus. She only officially withdrew from the course last week but set the wheels in motion a few weeks ago. She is a lot happier now. There was no point completing the first year as although she would have got credits they would not have been much use in her new course. Student services and her tutor were very good in helping her.
Neither DDs have confirmed their first choice university yet so they may even end up at the same one! DD1 has said she is going to start at a new university though even though she considered staying where she was and transferring courses. She is reasonably sure where she will firm and knows the City and has friends there. DD2 is still not making a decision!
Good luck with all your DCs when they return for these final few weeks and their exams.

Gosh what a lot of sorting out going on in your house hells, exciting and daunting all at once! Best of luck to both your dds x

Thanks Fairenuff - it is all very chilled at the moment now in our house - although DD2 should be revising for her A levels instead she is playing the piano. It is good that DD1's offers are unconditional (her uni had to supply a transcript and reference) so at least we only have to worry about 1 lot of results! It also means that DD1 will now be at home for DD2's 18th which they are both looking forward to.

Been away a while! Hellsbells I'm glad your daughter has happier plans ahead.

Loans - are we supposed to reapply? Or do we get contacted for new info? Feeling stupid again...

Loans. Your dc should have a letter. They have to fill in a form again.

hells bells Hope the new course suits your Dd better. Good luck.

Thanks Littleham. She hasn't mentioned it yet, I'll chivvy her tonight!

My DD got an email telling her she can re-apply for next years loan and then added myself and husband as supporting her so we then got email as well - don't panic as it's very early days (I just like to be organised - think it's called micro managing!!)

I remember seeing a letter about loans that dd was waving about but not sure what she's doing about it. I think it's fairly straightforward if nothing changes. At the moment she is looking at flights to China as she's going there in the summer. They are all at least one change, no direct flights to her destination so will take her about 20 hours to get there

Hi, I wish I'd seen this last year, my DS started uni last September, he's my youngest & I've found it hard being without him. He returns on Saturday, not much revision or coursework done so I'm a bit worried! Fairenuff, our daughter went to China for her first summer too, let me know if I can help with any information. She did an internship for three months and then went back at Easter which the uni arranged, she really loved it. Good luck for exam season everyone!

Going to need a new thread soon!

Good luck to your dd hellsbells - sounds like a brave and sensible decision.

Dd is here until next Saturday. I am already starting to feel sad about her going back again. However, I am sure she will have a good term. She has exams as soon as she gets back but then she has a whole term of Shakespeare and spring/summer in Cambridge. I am quite envious!

Hope it works out for your DD Hellsbells

DD1 halfway through Easter break, caught up with social and sleep, yet to start on the Uni work brought home.
Has exams end of May, finishes mid-June but last week is mainly several drama society performances.
Can't believe year nearly over, gone so quick.

Luckily, halls contract ends same day as house tenancy starts. So can just take home stuff needed for holidays, leaving the rest in room boxed up to take direct house.

Have a feeling she may spend some of the summer there.

Hellsbells - how pro-active your DD is. Well done to her!! No point in wasting time. A friend's DS is changing course and uni - better to do what you really want.

DS seems to be blending socializing with study. Out tonight but he did do 3 hrs work today for uni. I am proud but also worried - does he do enough to make the grade? Have to stand back a bit. Did tell him off for going to bed at 4am this morning! He sent me packing.

However, when he talks about uni, he is a bit more positive. He seems accustomed to workload. Talks about his friends but ly still has made no real contacts/friends on course. Says he is more sociable in labs. As he is in a subject football team he does have some people to discuss course generally with - but none in his year on his exact course. Drat!

He has had plenty of fun with friends at home this Easter and has only come home once from uni term time so I'm sure he is fairly happy with his lot but just so wish I could help him overcome shyness and inhibitions with large groups! Hopefully he will progress in this way.

Nice to hear all your stories. Have enjoyed this thread and previous one - like a hand-hold through the trials and celebrations of letting my DS go!
Unbelievable - nearly over!

Thought I would make the last posting on this thread.
Thank you for all your good wishes for my DD.
Good luck with the rest of the year for your DCs and their exams!