University offers for 2017 start (Part 2)

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Continuation of the original thread which is now on to 40 page maximum.
Original thread (part 1) here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/higher_education/2759621-Uni-offers-for-2017-start?

Most offers now received. My twins have had offers from their 4 and are currently deciding which will be firm and which insurance. One twin
( possibly two of them) is going to an offer holders' day coming up at Bristol next month with his friends from school.

I think at the end of the day it won't matter. I am not sure one of my twins will get A*AA for Bristol but if he goes to Nottingham that's fine. His younger sister said Nottingham was a wonderful 3 years. My sons' friend picked an ex poly offering him an unconditional offer for a career specific degree and seems happy. They just all have to pick what feels right for them.

I know I've said it before, but I so wish it was like applying for a school, where you just list them in genuine order of preference and see which one you get into.

If she does get the grades she may be able to go through Adjustment after results day HSMMaCM

Ooh thanks. A new word when it comes to ucas. I'm off to google adjustment

I had reservations about the choices made here as the second choice is an ex-poly with very low grades which have already been achieved (so basically it's an unconditional) whereas I think that the higher grades that the other three offers were for (AAA, A*AA and AAB) were worth considering as alternatives. In the end the choice was made because the other two towns weren't considered suitable and he's gone for two universities in the same town because he has decided that he wants to live there.

HSMMaCM Adjustment is like clearing, but for people who did better than expected rather than worse. Basically if there's a course with spaces and you've got the right grades, you can go for it. Only really became a thing in the last few years.

Thanks for the extra info about adjustment. I'll file that away for results day.

Has everyone managed to get their DCs to make a decision?

Hopefully everyone's DCs pressed those buttons in time. Now it's just the big slog of revision and trying to get them to eat and sleep sensibly inbetween.

The fact that quite a few of DDs friends are just turning 18 is not helpful as they seem to "need" to go out clubbing in celebration.
Summer borns (like DS) have no choice but to be stay -at-homes. (Round our way at least the venues are so hot on checking ID, thank goodness).

Linder. I'm pleased DD is a summer born too. She's got a plan to go clubbing when she's 18 at the end of July.

Ugh. I've got an 18 year old going clubbing tonight in Clapham and staying over at a friends. I'm not impressed.

At least we live in the age of mobile phones and can keep in touch with them when they're out clubbing ...(thinks of own youth and London night buses etc etc....)

I was awake until gone 3am last weekend waiting up for DS as he was out at nightclub celebrating his 18th. In my day I remember having to throw stones at brother's bedroom window to wake him up as my father had forgotten I was out and bolted the front door I'm sure he did care really!

Has anybody got any experience of the disabled students allowance. Ds has just been approved for assessment but I'm not sure what it's all about. If I'm honest I'm feeling a bit upset by it.

Nuttymango, I haven't, have you tried posting on or checking in the student room?

www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=360378

Nutty - DD has been for an assessment. They're very friendly. It's just a chat about what they find hard and what might help. It's not done by a doctor. It's just a fact finding exercise.

DS1 had disabled student allowance for dyslexia and dyspraxia.
It was a great help - he had laptop with specialist software so he could dictate his work and, more important , hear it read back as he often missed simple errors when checking through.
He had a note taker in all lectures and a support tutor who spend hours discussing his draft work and suggesting which sections needed amending.
He also had allowance for textbooks so could order all suggested texts without worrying about the costs.
There was extensions on deadlines and extra time in exams too.
He came out with a very unexpected first as he had struggled through school which very poor support

ds wondered if he should have ticked the dsa box on the student loan application as he has asd but decided against it as he thought it was more for computer and software stuff.

I hadn't realised it also covered help with drafting work which he always has trouble with flitting from one idea to another without a thought as to the flow, just always assuming the reader can follow his train of thought.

He had exam concessions at school and a statement too but decided against converting it into an ehcp - is that the sort of thing they want to know about? We had assumed you could acess the learning support department regardless of being in receipt of dsa.

I think you can just go through the uni, but DDs report sets out the additional support she had at school and college and what exam concessions etc she may need moving forwards.

You can phone ucas and change it and they will say to contact the unis directly too.

It is easier to be in the system before they start uni, otherwise there could be a delay accessing any support. You can add dsa after the sf application iirc. Unis often screen in the first year as well but there will be others awaiting assessment by then. Even if you are approved for dsa they can take up as much support as offered, or not. Ds gets up to 20 1-1 sessions to help with study skills and essay/revision planning as well as exam access arrangements. I think it has helped him focus and manage the workload.

Mine were 18 back just after the summer but one has had a few friends' 18th parties to go to. It nothing too disrupting now exams are on the horizon and choices made.

Not long to go now. I need them to be ready to apply for Bristol accommodation when it opens on 1 June. I don't think they'll apply for accommodation at their back up choices.

Just in case it is helpful , I am going to start a thread re DSA - going to university ( i.e. in conjunction with SFE - because a few people have asked and DS did it - If it isn't helpful then it will disappear )

Not sure if this has been asked already. When do unis send offers?

Do they get the results automatically and then pop out email offers? Or offers on track? In which case, is it possible to get an offer before even opening the results envelope?