King's College Wimbledon

[PurpleDuck]

Don't beat yourself up, if your DS thinks it went ok, just hope he did well enough. KCS is a very demanding school academically, so those who need a lot of tutoring to get in, might struggle to keep up. If your DS gets through with the limited tutoring he's had, he is just the right boy for the school and the school should be right for him Do you know how many they are planning to interview?

[Nikita76]

Headmaster did a little speech with stats, he said 720 kids doing the exam, roughly half and half for 11+ and 13+. 120 kids will be called back for the 11+ and 55-60 offers made (44 places). Similar numbers for the 13+, but I believe slightly fewer places (35) so adjust interview and offer numbers

[PurpleDuck]

I didn't hear the speech - if it was after the test, it was so crowded in the dining hall, I stayed outside... So, assuming (roughly) 360 boys doing 11+ and 120 to be interviewed, those who get through to the interview stage have to be in the top 1/3, which is not too bad - I thought it would have been worse. If they were to make 60 offers, it's a 50:50 chance of getting in for those offered an interview. That does not seem too bad either, although I have to admit that the overall 360 applications for 44 places is rather scary... I think I need to get away from my computer, I keep checking my inbox every two minutes!

[Pound.Pence]

I called the school today. The school advised that they are working on sending out the interview email sometime today and any specific queries should be emailed. All that means is to keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best.

[PurpleDuck]

I called the school today. The school advised that they are working on sending out the interview email sometime today and any specific queries should be emailed. All that means is to keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best.

Thanks for that. What do they mean by 'working on sending out the interview email'? I would have though that they had it all sorted and all they needed to do is press the 'send' button! All this waiting is really bad for me. I am on my second chocolate bar today!

[Nikita76]

Emails out! we have an interview!!! good luck to everybody else

[PurpleDuck]

Congratulations, good luck for Saturday/Monday - whichever of these two you've got!

[Pound.Pence]

Congratulations Nikita76. Good luck with the interviews.

I seem to be refreshing my inbox every few minutes.. I am going to borrow your chocolate bar PurpleDuck. Any idea if they would still send an email if the results are otherwise..

[PurpleDuck]

They said they would, Pound.Pence, which means they have quite a few emails to send and they can't do it as a bulk mailing, so it may take time. Consider yourself sharing my chocolate bar.

[Pound.Pence]

Phew .. we are through for the interview as well.. Thursday 28th