Offers Day 1st March 2012

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Anyone else feeling like we do about the impending Offers Day?

Not at all a foregone conclusion that DS will get into any of first five choices (all selective, two 11+ passes, one 11+ result due this coming week) so rather up in the air.... Sixth choice is okayish but DS has talked it down to the point that he is now desperately hoping it's not his one and only choice! Otherwise DS is being quite mature about considering that he could end up at any of the schools and is already thinking about which friends from primary school he is likely to stay in touch with etc.....

It all feels a bit as if life is on hold till 1st March.....

It's so comforting being amongst you guys. I went into my son's school yesterday; hadn't seen the other parents in quite a while and blurted out 'God I'm feeling sick about it all, they all asked what exactly am I feeling sick about and when I said, well, errr, offer day, 1st March, they all replied quite calmly, well what will be will be.

Instead of feeling reassured they made me feel like a twit. At least here there are others like me who don't feel THAT relaxed about it.

I have six impossible ones on my list. 3 grammars and 3 oversubscribed state schools. Plus passed two privates but no help with the fees...Great eh!

So so nervous here. Waiting to hear if DC and two best friends have got into good ex-grammar, then have to decide between that and private option, depending on who got in.

I said to another mother today 'are you looking forward to Thursday being over?' and she though I was talking about sodding book week dress up day - she'd forgotten about school results - wish I could.

Once my two have started arguing about the Harry Potter cloak which they have both factored into their costumes for Thursday, sure all thought of Offers Day will fly out of the window - which wont necessarily be a bad thing although it might put us all in an unforgiving mood for the whole day....

Some people are quite good at hiding their emotions so maybe they are all of a tremble under the calm veneers - or they've got a very good Plan B which might be an indie/an appeal or home-schooling :-)

I have been saying what will be will be, undeneath I feel the same as everyone else. DS has his heart set on a super selective grammar, views his second choice as failure. I would cope but not sure if he would.

Lynli, am in exactly the same boat. Dd will be gutted if she doesn't get into the grammar. I keep telling her it won't matter, etc. But I feel quite sick.

Just checked and ours are sent out on the evening of the first... Not sure what time that means???

Viva, good luck lets hope were both lucky.

Every other parent (apart from 1) I know at my DCs school are completely casual about Thursday. They have the same attitute - whatever will be...will be They consider me a neurotic mum who is unnecessarily getting my knickers in a twist
Just like TheFamilyHour said...when you discuss your worries or anxieties with them, they make you feel like a twit!
Thank you MNs for the support

Is it too late for me to join?

I could do with some company on the LittleBitWorriedButPlayingItCool bench.

[gulp]

Two more sleeps! (or should I say only two more nights of 'disturbed' sleep/tossing and turning/waking hubbie up at 3 am to run through all the possible eventualities then eventually dropping off at 5 am after 3 hours spent staring up at the ceiling imagining every possible scenario and picturing DS in all of the six schools we have applied for!

I expect to sleep like a baby on Thursday night - whether that be because its good news and one can finally relax, or because I've drunk myself into a state of unconsciousness to kill the pain, only time will tell!

Holy water, prayers and rosary beads to the ready!

Welcome ChaosTrulyReigns. Never too late to join, and this thread welcomes neurotic, angsting types.
Yours about to go and lie in bed for 6 hours like busymummy23 pondering scenarios and running excel spreadsheeets through my head of the next 7 years of school fees
Stressedsian

Received an email from Tiffin - paranoid me - assumed it was the results! It was only to say that letters are going out tomorrow and details of the waiting list process.
I need some tranquilisers!

busymummy23, that's the best laugh i've had in a long time. I have no doubt my parents will do the rosary beads, holy water etc. I will continue with my prayers as well.

It's truly good to know that i'm not alone in my thoughts, lack of sleep, loss of appetite and so on. All fingers crossed for everyone.

I've been through this twice. First time we got the result we didn't want, but got in via the waiting list to our first choice (and it was the right one I can say with a few years experience). Second time, due to sibling rules we were 100% sure we would get our first (and only) choice; however when I went to log on and couldn't because of a Pan-London computer problem and I don't even live in London, I was very nervous and definitely felt the adrenaline flowing.

So good luck to all of you. Whatever happens, take deep breaths, and time to think.

Right, I've just tried to log in just on the off chance the offers are there early.

I get an incorrect username/password message. But I have the email from the county council infront of me and its the right user name/password. Do you think it might be becasue its not 1st March yet?

I am feeling so worried and stressed. I triple checked my online form but I am convinced I have done something wrong or missed something. I am trying to put om a brave 'it does not matter' face for my DS but he will be devastated if he does not get in. I have heard the website is likely to crash tomorrow. I am being pathetic!!!!

Viva, re your trouble logging in - I did get the same message - but that was because I DID make a mistake with my username. Once I corrected that, I could log in - no info there yet though.
you should definitely be able to log in - double check if you typed everything correctly, otherwise I would suggest try and call - if there is a number anywhere. You problably have a better chance today than tomorrow.
good luck

God I emailed them and they gave me the wrong password. Ha ha, thank fuck I found out now!

Just noticed this on my (london borough) Council's website:

During the evening of Thursday 1 March you will be sent an email with the outcome of your application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging on to the Pan London eAdmissions website www.eadmissions.org.uk

The availability of results for viewing will be staggered to assist demand, so precise timings cannot be guaranteed

I am sure earlier there was some talk of texts being sent - I don't remember reading about waiting for staggered emails!

I've just had a moment. Logged in and there was a button saying 'View Offer' Just for one lovely but scary moment I'd thought they'd done it and it was something to do with a leap year. But no, will have to wait until sometime after 4pm tomorrow when the system has finished crashing.

i feel sick today, with the pending offers were in enfield so the school process seems very depressing and very much a case of from tomorrow your child will make it or they wont , im not hopeful of any ive started to read of poeple that dont get offered any on there list?? or indeed no school at all?!! .. ahhh help x

Ha the first thing I did when I logged on but here there's not even a 'view result' button - or any information about the way in which results are going to be revealed. Do have to say though that staggering the revealing of the results is a better way of doing it but I wonder how they will stagger them - alphabetically by surname, by secondary school/primary school, postcode????

Heyho.......only 24 hours to go..... get those ready and remember it's party time tomorrow/Friday.....

Viktoria just as well you found out the Council had made an error with your application password - can you imagine.....???

mine says ill be told via email the evening of the 1st march, is this what others have displayed?

Yes, I've just checked the Council Website and similar - less chance of system crashing if they actually email out the results!