Can I pop in and join you folks? DD is retaking several AS papers (I lose track of exactly how many!) as her results last year were pretty catastrophic - she was predicted As and Bs, and ended up with Cs and Ds. I thought she was revising hard, and so did she...alas not it seems. So anyway, roll forward 10 mths, and here we are. To her credit she's worked so hard this year - and she now sees that last year's efforts were pretty lightweight in comparison. She's done a maths resit (core 1) which went well, then psychology today...she thinks she's done better than last year (when she scraped a C) but we'll have to see.
She's decided to leave uni for this year - there were just too many variables to consider taking into account potential resit results, and her predicted grades from school would have been way down on what she needs to get where she wants (Newcastle - offer should be around ABB). She's got plans to work / travel during her gap year and apply for 2016 entry.
We are just trying to keep her fed, watered and rested at present - it's like having a very little baby again, where you focus on their physical needs, IYSWIM. She's OK at handling pressure (perhaps she was a bit too laid back last year!), and has cut right down on her social life (once again, no evidence of that last year!) I am so proud of how she's applied herself this time round, and I just hope 2015 results day sees tears of relief rather than despair!(That's from me as well as her!)