Hi all,
Apologies if this is the eleventy billionth thread on here Today, I did have a look and couldn't find anything quite right.
The situation is this..
DD got A in Biology and 2 Bs in English Lit and History. The Bs were a surprise as do all of the course she had been getting A s and As. She also got an A on her English coursework.
She also did an EPQ which earned her an A*.
Unfortunately her results were not high enough to get her into her Firm and Insurance choices (Oxford and UCL respectively) and she is now in Clearing . She has had lots of offers including ones from Manchester and Lancaster.
Obviously DD is heartbroken that she didn't get the As and now wants to retake. The Modern History tutor at the Oxford college has been in touch with DD and in one of his emails he suggested ( without pressuring her) that she retook History and Eng Lit and that his college would be sympathetic to her 're applying for Sept 2019.
The problems are manifold.... firstly finance. We would have to find the finance to do the two a level courses and have discovered that online learning would be our only options realistically. However we have been quoted a grand just for the sitting of the exams next year, on top of the actual course fees. I'm on an extremely limited income (Pip And ESA) and now Dd is 18 the child related benefits will cease at the end of the month.
Then of course there is the possibility that after doing all that her grade may not improve.
She us extremely diligent and self motivated. Not working hard enough has not been an issue which makes this all the more galling.
She feels that her current grades won't be enough to get her into the law firms/ conversion courses.
There is also the factor of the 'What ifs" DD has a tendency to overthink and I can see that she won't be able to accept this for some time.
She is going into school tomorrow to ask for access to her marked papers as I believe they are available online through the Edexcel portal. There is no guarantee that her school will be able to do this tomorrow and she needs to have her decision made by Monday. She needs to see where she went wrong in order to calculate if it's worth retaking.
I think her results are bloody awesome considering the crappiness of her school ( a whole other tbread) and I wish she could feel as proud of herself as I feel of her but i can see how upset she is and understand why.
I'm sorry for the essay, didn't want to drip feed but DD could really do with some objective advice to help her make the decision.
Take a year out and retake and hope to go up a grade or suck it up and go to a less prestigious uni and accept that it is what it is ?
Any replies gratefully received ( from me and a miserable DD)
Thank you!
Sorry for ťypos btw