A level Results - 18 days - anxiety rising....anyone else??

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Maybe because it is August tomorrow - but seems to have come round quickly. Had a nice break not thinking about anything since last exam and after full on year choosing, applying, getting rejected, getting offers etc....

Might as well switch off and try and get distracted for the next 18 days....as either way it will be v busy few days/weeks after results to get started on next phase of his life.

PFB -- any old hands out there want to give me a slap?

Oh Coco - waht a worry. Will keep everything firmly crossed for you

Gosh coco that's dragging out the agony a bit. Do keep us posted.

Thanks. It's a bit ridiculous.
DD is fine about not getting in, though that is what she would prefer. But she just wants to know so she can start sorting stuff out for college if needs be.
She has an interview at it on Tuesday morning.

justdontstart how was your DS's big night out?

My DS1 got the first train home this morning, went straight to bed with no signs of any chundering.......haven't checked the garden yet

Good luck to everyone whose DCs haven't yet secured a place.

There is usually a thread on what they need. I seem to remember vodka, cake and fancy dress featuring strongly when DD went.

I wonder if everyone's DC who got an unexpectedly low mark in history was doing the same paper? Or is it just because history is one of those subjects where it is easy to slightly misjudge the question and the key points required?

DS was predicted A* in history but got a C on his tudor history paper, even though he came out of it thinking it went really well. He's asked for the exam script so he and his teachers can see if there was a marking error, but he thinks he probably did just muck it up without realising (he did the same with economics AS last year).

Luckily for DS, he got nearly full UMS on his other paper, so still came out with an A overall, and it was his fourth A-level so didn't even really matter, but he had been considering dropping his current uni offer to reapply next year, including to Cambridge for history and politics - I think he had been moving away from that idea anyway, but a C on a history paper would probably rule out history at Cambridge, so that idea is off the table.

coco that sounds awful. Just been googling various uni websites to see what ds can do with his grades for entry next year. Don't think he realises that he probably needs to start thinking about it next week...

Hi everyone, I've been following this thread but this is the first time I've posted. Many congrats to all your DC who achieved their grades and commiserations to those who didn't. My first DD went through clearing several years ago so I have been there! It's awful and stressful. Happily, she was very happy at her Clearing choice and has just graduated with a First and is off to King's to do a Master's so it is all water under the bridge now. Not a stealth boast just reassurance for those who have missed their firm and insurance....

Now my second DD exceeded her offer yesterday and decided, on the spur of the moment, to go through adjustment. Long story short, she has 'slept' on an offer she got yesterday for York (history) and has remembered all the things she loved about Reading (her firm). My question to mumsnetters is: can she 'reverse' the adjustment process before Monday and firmly accept Reading and therefore her accommodation offer? Any advice gladly received.

Cherry DD also got an unexpectedly low mark in Edexcel History following >90% UMS overall in the AS last year and a good coursework grade. Her low other paper (lower than any history paper she has ever done) meant she missed an A by one mark. We are going for a non priority remark but given the way they have changed things, we aren't necessarily holding our breath. It does seem very strange though.

Noregretsatall: my understanding is that if you have a firm offer, it is not affected by going into adjustment. Adjustment just shows you are interested in having a final look around, but you don't break the agreement with the firm. That's what I was told, anyway!

My DD had firmed Sussex but her insurance actually had higher entry requirements (Sussex had the same, but lowered theirs by a grade if she firmed them; she didn't want to put an insurance with lower reqs, unusually) -- and she go the higher reqs so could go to either her firm or insurance (Warwick). So she went into adjustment, Warwick confirmed her offer so now she is dithering on that today. Both good choices so a good decision point to be in, so just waiting for her to make up her mind.

So AFAIK adjustment is just openness to change, not necessarily an intent to. HTH.

hello everyone, I'm after some advice. What is the process for accepting a 'firm' if you got your grades? DS got his grades for history at Durham but I don't know if he's got to do anything to accept the place. He saying he doesn't want to go and not talking to us about it, but that's situation normal here, sadly.

Ukcanuck - thank you for your reply. Yes IT does thanks.

DS decided to stick with Birmingham in the end instead of looking at adjustment. He reached the decision after realising that it was the course at Birmingham that had really made him pull out all the stops and focus on doing the best he could in the exams. He is happy knowing he has a place at a uni on a course that exactly fits his interests and offers him a year in the US.

Wishing everyone the best and hope everything turns out well for your DC, it's been an emotionally exhausting last few days! I've got it all to do again next week with DS2 and his GCSE results - pass me the gin!

My DD is off to Reading to study History too. She loved the campus and the course so was delighted when she was accepted despite missing one grade.

I've gone into 'organised mum mode' today and have made her open a student bank account and we have worked out a budget together so she has an idea of how much or how little she will have to spend each week. That ASOS habit it going to have to stop! She's paid her halls deposit and she knows the arrival day now so I've booked a Premier Inn nearby for the night to save an eight hour round trip. It's all becoming a bit real now - she's my PFB and I think I might wobble a little when we have to say goodbye.

I'll be alright for the next week as I have DS's looming GCSE results to worry about.

coconutty thanks for the info. He says he hates Durham and can't bear to even look at it. It's too small and he won't consider anywhere but London, particularly LSE. Which he didn't apply to. He got AAA which is higher than Durham want (although he was predicted 3xA).

I really, really don't want him to go to London. He may get halls the first year but in the second year accommodation will be a nightmare. There are issues with him having trouble socialising, extremely shy and the collegiate setup at Durham is perfect. A dingy bedsit in Peckham, not so much...

Oh, and he's never even been to Durham, refused to go to the open day. He also has an offer from S Andrews, no go there either, small and too far away.

Apparently we're ruining his life not 'letting him' take a year off and reapply, but he has no money, has not tried to get a job (tonnes where we are) and no plan whatsoever.

uni cock up yesterday - Dd missed her masters offer, and her insurance, but was expecting an offer for the BSc at her firm uni (as per their website). Instead she got an offer for an unrelated course . Spent half an hour trying to get through on the phone to beg (as she'd only just missed the grades), they said, OK, we'll look again, let you know in a couple of days.

Meanwhile three and a half hours later insurance uni's phones were still permanently engaged [note to admissions departments - might be nice if you could update your website to let us know when might be a better time to ring, rather than leaving an answerphone message from Christmas switched on], so DD gave up and went out for lunch.

Then, about 4, she found a missed call and voice mail from first uni, apologising because she should have had an email in the morning offering her the BSc. Worrying instructions to accept the unrelated course, and that they'd change the course from their end, but thankfully that all happened properly, and she's off to her firm in a month, with (fingers crossed) accommodation pre-arranged . And if she works hard, she has the opportunity to transfer onto the masters, so may end up where she wanted to be originally.

It will be a lesson to her though - she dropped the marks which would have bumped her up a grade by not reading the question properly, in the same subject she did the same thing in last year in the AS [sigh].

Dear Raspberry - I did not see what your son did and as this thread is the one place we can let our hair down and be rightfully proud ....
How did he do ?

If its any relief, DD told me strictly
nothing on FB till noon and NO posting of grades
so I carefully did a cryptic but proud post, she updated her status to Student at York
Twenty minutes later my SiL asked how she did and she posted the lot.

So I can proudly say that her EPQ was an A*, Maths was a most unexpected A and the two sciences were slightly disappointing B's
but as she got in, who cares now

Raspberry's son did really well.

Hopefully she'll come and post his results again.

Talkinpeace - a very big well done to your girl.

toffeenose -your DS needs to contact Durham asap and ask to be released. Until that happens he can't be accepted anywhere else.

Which college did he get? That makes a big difference at Durham

toffeenose what a trying situation for you. I sympathise, as we had to practically make ds1s application for him, though he did go without a fuss when the time came.

Ds2 has just got into Durham, so if you can persuade your son to go, or if he is adamant he does not wish to go, the procedure is the same. Go on the Durham Uni website and there is a link on the home page which take you to a page where you have 3 options: accept the offer (my understanding is you do have to do this, not just assume that offer plus grades equals place), decline offer and enter clearing, or decline offer and leave the uni application process.

I hope that helps you.

Happy ending here, Nephew's insurance choice have accepted him - correct grades still not up on UCAS though.

Just talking to a friend. Her DD has grades for first choice but that is showing still as conditional but her insurance showing as confirmed. Lots of phone calls by sound of it and still not sorted.