Finishing Year 13 / Exam Results support thread (number 6!)

[Littleham]

Thread continued for results day! Fingers crossed everyone.

muffin monster, I read that thread. All of it. My nerves are shredded

Muffin Some quite positive outcomes in that thread.
Just praying its not given DD too much false hope.

Thanks for the link muffin. I read about the first 10 pages until I found a couple of people who missed their offers for Cambridge and still got in. Please let it be Thursday now - I feel like time has slowed down

I remember reading a TSR thread from the night before A level results last year

OMG, the tension was palpable; can't believe we're almost in the same place now!

We're home from holidays and Dd is a little less stressed now she's back in her own bed. I'm catching up on the laundry and wishing my life away

Wishing my life away here, too Gypsy. Ironically, if dd does get in I will want time to slow down as I don't want to face the reality of her not being here every day!

If I wish my life away I will fast forward by years as I have one starting GCSE's next year and another starting A Levels.

Yes MrsBartlett that is exactly how I feel and I can't even say it out loud 'cos it makes me wobbly.

Littleham you'll be grey by the end! When they ask on the baby threads about summer and winter born babies perhaps we should be warning parents to look at exam spacing instead! I wrote my dissertation as Dd sat her GCSE's and I thought that was tough going but this year's double exam whammy has topped that by a country mile!

I'm trying to be glad that it's reasonably early this year - will have to wait till the 18th next year!

Apart from that, yes, wishing the next three days away. Dd1 is house-sitting atm, so a dry run for us all of her being away. She has come home for dinner twice, her sisters have both been over to stay the night with her, and we're all missing each other!

Gypsy Sometimes even the best family planning falls apart. Not sure if I've said before that August born DD1 was born so early that she.ended up in the previous school year. Due November, so would have thought plenty contingency. At least I'm grey already.

DS is number 3 and I thankfully never have to go through this again. I just have a constant stressed feeling which isn't helped by the fact that I'm starting a new job on the 17th. I think the next few days will be lots of , and

NC. I've got DTs & I'm dreading Thursday.
DT1's insurance is DT2's firm but they don't want to go to the same Uni.
Will we celebrate if one succeeds and one doesn't, what if they both fail?
They're so different academically I just can't begin to think about all the permutations.
DT1 is busy trying to see what he might have as a back up if Clearings the option, DT2 (who has re sat 2 ASs and is the one I should be most worried about) doesn't seem to have a care.
And it's only Sunday

duffcake - I hope it all works out and they don't end up at the same one (although it would be easy on drop offs if that happens).

Thanks Littleham I think is the only answer

DS will survive at Uni - he has made SuperNoodles today!
I can rest easy now

Horsemad

Good luck Duffcake - and have some from me too.
I have 1 waiting for AS results who will have done well and 1 waiting for A level results who is doubting that she has met her offers. It will be hard if 1 is happy and 1 is crying

So you're almost in the same boat hells? Fingers crossed for all our DC.
I keep repeating the mantra 'There's always an alternative way of getting where you want to be', trying to convince myself really

Good luck with the new job nicecardigan

It's my birthday on Thursday - DS getting good results would be the best present.

Duffcake, twins here too and am dreading the scenario where one of them is disappointed.

Is it only Monday? This week is dragging so much...

I'm on leave. I've arranged for friends to come for lunch tomorrow and Wednesday, so hoping that will help. Today will be tidying to make the house vaguely toddler-ready for tomorrow. Feel a bit sorry for dd2 - at least last year the AS and GCSE results were different days - this year I really can't get myself too worked up about her AS results and am not really joining in with her angsting!

I imagine it's very difficult with twins, or two expecting results. It was difficult enough with all my DDs friends making their offers. They all wanted to meet up and celebrate whereas my DD wasn't really in the mood. Of course Facebook goes mad and you are fielding phone calls from friends and relations...still the tables were turned this year as she was the only one to get a paid work experience placement out of the same group of friends.

Horsemad, I can't believe you read the whole thread? Even the spat about Russell Group Universities?

Therapeutic baking going on here, too, Littleham - DD is having a bake-off with her best friend this afternoon. (Hopefully there will be no chocolate mousse involved.)

It's hard for her because her boyfriend and best friend both have unconditional offers, while she may very well not have met her offers.

MrsBartlett and Gypsyfloss, I feel the same. I want DD to do well, but I really don't want her to leave.

After this, I think I will find it hard to take DS's GCSEs seriously next year.