Thread 54 - Summer 25 - Graduations after Uni Year 3

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This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results ( or life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, uni vs employment please don't within this thread.
Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue. We were previously on the secondary board and then further education, now we shall be here in 'Parents of Adult Children' gulp
Our DS/DD may continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed). Experience is that everyone is welcomed wherever, whatever their child is doing we have some in work, gap years , apprenticeships etc too. Lots of contributors with different experiences and always sympathy and advice to be had.
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Good luck everone!

Good luck everyone. Is anyone else nervous about results despite not having any results to open? nerves by proxy.

DD's in to her firm (RHUL) - phew!

Thinking of all your DC collecting A level results results today.

Yippe @ExtensivelyDecorating

Yay! @ExtensivelyDecorating Some news at last Congratulations!!! whooop whoop!

Thinking of all the others getting results today ❤️

@ExtensivelyDecorating 🎉🎉

Congratulations to your DD @ExtensivelyDecorating!

👍👍 @ExtensivelyDecorating !

Well done to your Dd @ExtensivelyDecorating !

Ds is downhearted about not getting PPE at Loughborough; he has an offer from Lancaster but didn’t like it when we visited. And he has Politics/Politics and Philosophy offers from Nottingham, Southampton and Liverpool. He’s worried about employability if not doing economics but I suspect he’s overthinking it.

@crazycrofter I'm no expert in those fields but I suspect good attitude and life experience count for way more in the job market than the exact degree subject and your DS has those in bucketloads. Hope he reaches a decision he's happy with soon.

DD's turn today. Very happy with her ABB. Art foundation year next month with her eye on an Arts degree thereafter.

Congratulations to @ExtensivelyDecorating and @sansou , and I hope that @crazycrofter DS finds a course he likes!

DS made his deferred Cambridge offer... and last night he was offered the watersports gap-year job in NZ!

Fab news on both counts @PhotoDad ! And well done to @Sansou's dd - great results!

Congratulations @sansou and @PhotoDad !

Great news @sansou, and what a year ahead for your boy @PhotoDad!

He really has some great options there @crazycrofter, I hope he can see which direction to take at some point.

I know it's so easy to get hung up on 'brand', but I am with @ExtensivelyDecorating, it really is only one component or HE, so much boils down to the experience, personality, application etc of each YP. I have been admiring for example the dig deep attitudes of students in general on the island of Ireland, None of the universities (including DD's) rank high in the global league tables, and yet in the most, YP seem to apply and find opportunities without too much challenge. I was going to say relative ease, but that's because it's how it looks rather than the reality, I just think they think of their possible trajectory paths much sooner and also don't have as much bank of parents to fall back on vs here. DD walked away from much, much higher ranked universities, who knows as yet if it's paid off but it was the right thing for her.

To be completely upfront, as someone who 'owns' a politics graduate, your DS is probably right...

Congratulations to everyone, some wonderful achievements shared. Our turn again next year!
@ExtensivelyDecorating i hope your dd will be as happy as mine was there. We had FAR more tears leaving than we had when she arrived three years ago.

@Piggywaspushed i get that - but I think Ds will be interested in standard grad scheme stuff like accountancy/finance/civil service and I can definitely help in those areas, and we have other contacts too who might be able to assist with placements and internships. And Ds is very ambitious and go-getting - he’s already planning to apply for spring weeks in Sept. But we will see! Maybe he should drop down to a lower uni for PPE.

Well done everyone!

@crazycrofter I think employability is an issue all round for them now. Lancaster was,DS insurance and he loved it but it can be v quiet i think although great for sport and outside activities. Can you revisit to see if he likes it once re-seen?

@crazycrofter Sorry to hear your ds missed his offer. Many people see 'Economics' is the key to high paying careers i.e IB, Consulting etc and DS2 felt the same but he couldn't apply for Economics because he hadn't taken Maths at A'Level, instead he opted for Management. It hasn't held him back and he is competing for similar roles to those studying Econoimcs. If your DS really likes Loughborough, why not look for something else in Clearing in the school of management (they have a very big faculty)? i don't know if they're in Clearing but they offer 'Economics and Management' & BSc Management .

Thanks @shimy, unfortunately everything like that at Loughborough was asking for BBB so he’s just short. Your Ds and @ealingwestmum dd and others are inspirations though for getting good placements/ internships even without the Economics.

@crazycrofter It's an old fashioned word but I think what your DS has is gumption. I hope he opts for a place he really likes not what he thinks is the right answer.

Congratulations to @ExtensivelyDecorating and @sansou DC. Great news.
Happy travels to @PhotoDad DS.