First Year exams ( continued from prep for uni and starting uni 2015)

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Dear all,

I have really enjoyed these threads. So if anyone else wants to keep up posts on DC travelling through trials and tribulations of uni life - do post here.

Have your DC been revising at all for instance? Do you now stand back?

dd2 has received an award from her university for being proactive during the first year and outside in the community. Really pleased for her as she works so hard.

what lovely news littlehumhams. How proud you must be.

My Ds found one exam very different to past papers bigbluebus - they are all in same boat with the marking. Fingers crossed.

Fingers crossed - the hard work of studying and settling will pay off for our DC.

My DS is home for a few days and he is being very lazy - can't say too much as he has worked pretty hard all year.

Thanks for all your stories. I was so very worried at start of the year and this thread and previous one has been consoling
thanks

ds 2 came home from uni on Saturday, joining her sister who finished a fortnight ago and graduates in a month....their bedrooms resemble a jumble sale with ds2 complaining she has no room for all her clothes she has biggest bedroom and a double wardrobe and huge set of drawers!
The hallway is no more as storage boxes, trunk and student flat paraphernalia are piled up until term resumes in September...
thank goodness I'm at work most of the week so I don't have to look at the mess......

Congratulations to your dd Littlehum ! You must be really proud

The most ds has done 'in the community' this year is frequent a great number of the community drinking establishments. He finished his exams today and thinks they've gone well. No idea when we'll see him though. I think there's a lot of post exam socialising to be done.

Amazing to think that this time last year they were still school kids swotting for their A levels. None of us knew if, when, or where they'd end up. Now they're all matured and grown up with a third of their degree already completed!

Enjoy having your grown up babies back in their nests for the summer everyone.

Congrats to LittlehamHum's DD, what lovely news!

My DS is coming home on 19th - I am amazed how quickly the year has gone and it's been so useful having this thread to 'talk' to other mums!

Thanks. It has been lovely to talk to all of you.

A third of the degree done

An enormous bag was delivered to the house today - dd2 sends her stuff ahead of her like the Queen.

Congrats to your DD Littlehum

DD came home last week whilst we were on holiday. We weren't expecting her to but she 'ran out of money and food'. Anyway DS was here with a fully stocked fridge so they had a lovely few days without us.

DH has taken her back today to clear all her stuff out of halls so it will be a round trip and then she will store it all in her room until she moves into her shared house in July.

Dd says her results are in June, I think she said the 28th? The exams went well for her but results don't count this year towards the final degree.

Glad your DCs have all done well and enjoyed their first year. This has been a great thread to have to share experiences etc.
DD has now been back home for 2 months and now has her 'head back together'. She has been working Part-time and doing some self studying towards her new degree course. Shee has also been socialising a lot! She doesn't regret withdrawing as she had changed her mind about what she wants to do. She has now confirmed her place and her accommodation for a fresh start in September (the advantage of having unconditional offers!). She has chosen DD2's insurance university so they may end up at the same place!
Good luck all your DCs with their results!

Many congrats Littlehams DD.

DD now has three weeks of partying and then will be collected on the 25th. It's been an amazing year of challenges and growing up. She's loved it and I've loved seeing her becoming an adult.
I'm viewing Leeds with DS in a couple of weeks and can't believe that it will be his turn next year!

That is great LittlehumHams - well done to your dd. And pleased things are working out for your dd hellsbells99.

Ds (15) went to say with dd on Friday and had a great time. I was a little worried they would lead him astray and get him drinking(!) but he seems to have quite a sedate time, including going punting.

We are collecting dd a week on Friday and that will be her back for three and a half months. She is very excited about coming home but I think she will miss her friends a lot. I am worried that home will be a bit dull for her after so much fun and excitement at university!

DS has approximately another 3 weeks now before end of 1st year We went to see him today for lunch , afterwards had a lovely walk in very nice surroundings. Bizarrely, I feel him "leaving home" today more than I did at the beginning of his 1st term. He just seems so grown up compared to when he first went . He's sorted out 2nd yr accommodation (so that's good, although relatively easy where he is) I think I just have had a moment today when it finally, finally dawned on me - that's it - he's off and running (well fingers crossed). Penny dropped. And a good thing, don't get me wrong.

Well done Littleham's DD. Did we ever doubt her?
Good luck to all taking exams and also to hells bells dd.

Hocus.

Dd had her last exam today, will be home at the weekend. The year has flown!

DD came home last weekend after a fall out with her flat mates - she found out they had a group chat and been purposely excluding inviting her from events they had all planned to go to! Why are humans so cruel?! .

to events!!

Will be 'interesting' when I take her back to empty her room!!!

I hope she has some nicer friends to share with next year, Quietly.

Oh quietly - that is horrible. How is your dd? Is she sharing with them next year?

She is just sad if I'm honest! It's heartbreaking as she really is a lovely girl but she isn't a party animal and she does struggle to trust people but she doesn't have a bad side to her at all. She just wants some friends who she can trust and have fun with! She still hasn't decided if she will go back next year yet - I'm hoping that she gets good exam results and that will give her a lift! If she does go back she has put a deposit on a student accommodation block in a different part of London.

Your poor dd. The group they fall in with is so often down to sheer luck. Fingers-crossed for her exam results.

Hopefully she will be fine once she has been home for a few weeks Quietly. Is she enjoying her course? Good luck with her results.

How awful for your DD Quietly. We are always worrying about them in some way.

Sounds like the old adage about spending 2nd year trying to lose the friends you made in 1st year is apt. Hope she has a good summer & feels positive about going back next year

That is awful Quitely. She deserves a better year.

The university / course part is going fine but hormones and love are a total PAIN.

Quietly, sorry to hear your daughter has had flatmate trouble. Here's hoping she will fare better next year.

Hocuslotus, your post made me tear up a little. It has been such a momentous year for our DCs and it is bittersweet to see them making their way and needing us less and less.

DD has finished all exams but is staying in uni for a couple more weeks as she has got a lot of work shifts lined up and is busily trying to earn some money for a holiday later this summer.