Bursary Appeal
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:31 pm
Hi, just received the news that DD didn't get into first choice school, which was a disappointment.
However she did get offered a place at our second choice which is a great school too. So happiness.... but now found out is only full-fee paying place and with very little likelihood of bursary in future years (as bursaries given at Yr 7 entry point). So despair.... as absolutely no way we can afford to pay full-fees.
Do schools have such things as waiting lists for bursaries, ie if one of the girls offered a bursary actually takes up a place elsewhere, would her bursary monies be re-allocated? And if so how?
It is soooo hard after all this effort and angst to have to say "sorry DD, but you can't go". She ,bless her, has been very accepting of situation as she has known all along it wasn't just dependent on her but monies too. Still, it's one thing to say it at the beginning and another to go through it.
Any thoughts?
However she did get offered a place at our second choice which is a great school too. So happiness.... but now found out is only full-fee paying place and with very little likelihood of bursary in future years (as bursaries given at Yr 7 entry point). So despair.... as absolutely no way we can afford to pay full-fees.
Do schools have such things as waiting lists for bursaries, ie if one of the girls offered a bursary actually takes up a place elsewhere, would her bursary monies be re-allocated? And if so how?
It is soooo hard after all this effort and angst to have to say "sorry DD, but you can't go". She ,bless her, has been very accepting of situation as she has known all along it wasn't just dependent on her but monies too. Still, it's one thing to say it at the beginning and another to go through it.
Any thoughts?