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A level results day 2024

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Happyface246 · 05/08/2024 14:34

How’s everyone else feeling about results day? I’ve got one at uni already and 2nd dd hoping to go to Kent in September. She seems ok about it at the moment although think that will change as it gets closer. Me I’m so keeping my fingers crossed she gets what she wants, I know there will always be other options but she loved the open day. Going to struggle with this one going though as it has been a real journey to get to where she is.

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Pinkypinkyplonk · 05/08/2024 14:52

Yes it’s hard letting them go!
My fourth and last is getting results next week too. I’m dreading him leaving, the house really will feel empty. But I’ve pre empted! I’ve joined a gym, new book club and am putting the house on the market. Going to downsize now, while I’ve still got loads of energy

LouisCatorze · 05/08/2024 15:01

Thanks for starting the thread @Happyface246 . DD is youngest of my brood. The first couple of months (today it's two months since her final A Level paper was sat) went by very quickly but suspect the upcoming ten days will drag. More so for us than for her (as she seems to have a lot organised, sensibly).

DD is taking a gap year so it doesn't quite feel as much of a big thing as it would if she were off to uni in the autumn. Although, having said that, she is considering very aspirational unis to apply to. Not sure whether her results will necessarily meet entry requirements.Confused

Good luck to all young people expecting results next week (and for GCSEs the following one).

redskydarknight · 05/08/2024 15:05

Suddenly felt real this week. DD is my youngest, but my oldest is doing an apprenticeship and still living with us, so first time (hopefully) having a child go to university.

DD is very much pretending it's not happening at the moment and just enjoying the summer. Hope she manages to keep herself distracted (she had quite an aspirational offer, and I know is nervous).

rosesinmygarden · 05/08/2024 15:56

My dd is also hoping to go to Kent. She's very anxious about next week and refusing to discuss it at all right now (fair enough).

A couple of her exams were a bit iffy so I'm hoping she's done enough to get into her firm choice. I really feel for her 😥

Werweisswohin · 05/08/2024 16:23

Scottish results are tomorrow (6/8).

jackstini · 05/08/2024 16:28

Thanks for the thread Happy

DD has got a tentative degree apprenticeship offer which she is over the moon about - so hoping the combination of final assessment and her grades will mean it gets confirmed

She has 2 back-up job offers, plus offers from Nottingham & Derby - but really wants the option of gaining work experience and having her degree paid for, so fingers crossed...

Good luck to everyone else!!

socks1107 · 05/08/2024 16:36

Yes we're waiting nervously for next week. Seems to have gone very quick and now it can't come quick enough.
DD hoping to go to Greenwich! She's worked so so hard and resat gcse so I'm really hoping it comes true for her

tisallabitofafaff · 05/08/2024 16:48

Dreading results day. DD very disappointed in how the exams went and admits she didn't do enough prep for all of them. She is worried about disappointing everyone (she doesn't need to be!) as she won't make grades for her firm and probably not insurance either. HOWEVER the world won't end and i know that, whatever happens, it will be fine in the end. Good luck to them all. I really feel for them. I certainly don't remember it being this stressful when I did it centuries ago.

Investinmyself · 05/08/2024 20:33

Thanks for thread. DD is nervous not sure if she’ll make grades. I’ve bought a few bits but I’ve been trying to sort cupboards too so she can take things from home to university.

socks1107 · 05/08/2024 21:30

tisallabitofafaff · 05/08/2024 16:48

Dreading results day. DD very disappointed in how the exams went and admits she didn't do enough prep for all of them. She is worried about disappointing everyone (she doesn't need to be!) as she won't make grades for her firm and probably not insurance either. HOWEVER the world won't end and i know that, whatever happens, it will be fine in the end. Good luck to them all. I really feel for them. I certainly don't remember it being this stressful when I did it centuries ago.

My eldest daughter didn't. She went on to do a level 4 course and is now on a two year accelerated degree so will finish at the same time as her peers.
There's definitely other routes in if she's worried

Neveragainisaid · 06/08/2024 08:52

We're waiting too. DC already accepted at Art school for a Foundation year, so at least we can plan and get ready for his move to halls. But he's still really anxious. He actually said last week 'mum, I really did try my best' which we never doubted, but he must be nervous to actually say that.

tisallabitofafaff · 06/08/2024 10:19

Thank you @socks1107 it is good to hear success stories like your daughter's. It helps me to reassure her. Well done to your DD.

socks1107 · 06/08/2024 16:47

I would also start to look now at what's in clearing and what has foundation years and make a list so that if there's disappointment on the day you have already talked through the next best steps.
We did this with my eldest and I'd already encouraged her to apply for level 4 ( it was at the same uni as her degree ) as I felt she'd struggled in the Covid years and as it happened she was just a few points below but had the plan B ready to go.
It made the days after so much easier.

I've talked through similar with my youngest ahead of next week although I am hoping she won't need it but it's there anyway and the seed has been planted as it were. Being prepared even if you don't tell them gives less panic next Thursday.

Whatonearthdidyousay · 06/08/2024 17:23

socks1107 · 06/08/2024 16:47

I would also start to look now at what's in clearing and what has foundation years and make a list so that if there's disappointment on the day you have already talked through the next best steps.
We did this with my eldest and I'd already encouraged her to apply for level 4 ( it was at the same uni as her degree ) as I felt she'd struggled in the Covid years and as it happened she was just a few points below but had the plan B ready to go.
It made the days after so much easier.

I've talked through similar with my youngest ahead of next week although I am hoping she won't need it but it's there anyway and the seed has been planted as it were. Being prepared even if you don't tell them gives less panic next Thursday.

This is really good advice. A relative of mine went thru clearing last year and it was a mad scramble for about 2 wks. Being mentally prepared for it would have helped them a lot.

follygirl · 06/08/2024 22:20

Anxiously waiting for results next week. My eldest is at Uni already so been through this before.
My son is worried that exams didn't go as well as he hoped. He worked really hard so we couldn't be prouder of him. Just hope he gets what he deserves.

Fuckthecamelyourodeinon · 06/08/2024 22:28

Bit worried here. Fairly sure no revision was done and the grades won't be achieved. There's plan A and no backup plan. I'm absolutely dreading the 15th.

MonsterMunched · 06/08/2024 22:35

Mine is the youngest, very clever but also very anxious and battling with mental health issues. Literally drove her to some exams mid meltdown and handed her to SLT to walk her to the small exam room with adjustments to start a rest break immediately. The academics aren’t an issue, the mental health, coping mechanisms and life skills are despite my best efforts. And for us it’s first choice or bust as there’s only one decent uni that offers the course so if she doesn’t get the grades there isn’t a plan B.

Sniffywhippymum · 07/08/2024 11:45

Pinkypinkyplonk · 05/08/2024 14:52

Yes it’s hard letting them go!
My fourth and last is getting results next week too. I’m dreading him leaving, the house really will feel empty. But I’ve pre empted! I’ve joined a gym, new book club and am putting the house on the market. Going to downsize now, while I’ve still got loads of energy

My 2nd and last is getting results next week too and I am so dreading her going. I know what you mean about the house being really quiet. DH and I have just put the house on the market as we want to go and live by the sea but have always been tied to the area we are now due to higher education. I have felt prepared for her to go and found some new interests so my life doesn't feel quite so empty when she leaves. Just hoping she gets the results she needs!! x

Sniffywhippymum · 07/08/2024 11:56

Thanks for this thread!
DD is my youngest and the first one to go to Uni. Eldest DD left home to live and work in Ireland a few years ago so I will be an empty nester!! 😥
Dreading results day. DD thinks she has done 'okay' but you never really know until those results come through. She is off to Liverpool Uni and has a few close friends also going there. It was the uni she really wanted to go to so I am really hoping she has done enough. This next week is going to drag!!!

follygirl · 07/08/2024 12:32

@Sniffywhippymum
My daughter is at Liverpool Uni and absolutely loves it. Has made amazing friends, loves the course and the city.
Hope your daughter also loves it

Sniffywhippymum · 07/08/2024 14:19

follygirl · 07/08/2024 12:32

@Sniffywhippymum
My daughter is at Liverpool Uni and absolutely loves it. Has made amazing friends, loves the course and the city.
Hope your daughter also loves it

Thank you. That's great to hear, glad she loves it. DD wanted to go there as she loves the city so it was really the only place she desperately wanted to go. She has already made contact with the girls sharing her cluster flat and they have made friends. She really wants to go so I am just keeping everything crossed she has done what she needs to do. xxx

Goldenthigh · 07/08/2024 14:24

My eldest gets results next week and the nerves are starting to show. She's now unsure about the course, the uni, whether she wants to do uni at all or not, etc etc. she's convinced she's failed at least one subject but she worked really really hard. It's going to be an anxious week ahead.

MyRamone · 07/08/2024 14:39

Mine is taking a year off as she applied for a difficult course and didn't get any offers. However, the exams went badly for her (she says) so it's possibly a blessing that she doesn't have a place riding on them and can just regroup once she knows how she did, then apply to her original choice or totally change tack, but with her results in hand. She's so stressed she actually doesn't want to open her results, so I'm currently trying to make her see sense on that.

follygirl · 07/08/2024 14:42

@MyRamone
My daughter had 1 offer for Vet Med which in itself was an achievement. She was borderline an A in Chemistry so results day was so stressful. She did get the grades and the course but it was a rollercoaster of emotions, so I know how you feel.

groundhogday2day · 07/08/2024 22:08

good to see this thread! we had a mad scramble the 24th of July when DD decided to swop her uni choices around, litleraly hours before the closing deadline, so now has warwick as firm, bristol as insurance. very nervous for her as i know accomadation is going to be an issue if she doesnt make warwick. she had a wobble on one of the math papers and one of the physics, but thinks she will still scrape the grades. Its going to be a long night next wednesday! very nervous for her.