Daogroupie wrote:
This is a very hard time. Our household is going through it for the third year in a row and the unis are their own masters on this.
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I hope Warwick comes through for you soon. Every student we know there is really happy there. We know a student who dropped out of Oxford to go there and was delighted with it.
If things don't work out he can always take a gap year and apply with his grades and even retake his Further Maths for a Higher Grade.
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Fingers crossed for good news soon and do let us know if it comes through. DG
Thank you, Daogroupie, and yes, this is not the best of times... I'd love Warwick to come through. DS really liked the campus and both my husband and I spent a year there. I wish I could say to them 'we need that place to keep the tradition going!'
DS is a bit funny when it comes to the idea of a gap year. Last year he kept saying he wasn't ready for uni at all (he is a summer-born) and would like to put it off for a bit, yesterday when I said to him he could take a gap year if need be, he said 'no'. I think it's because he hasn't planned for a gap year and has realised that when all his friends go off to uni, he will be left on his own and feeling isolated while they are making new friends wherever they are.
Somehow, he needs to put this all out of his mind and focus on revision - mocks coming up in February - but it's not going to be very easy. I'm bracing myself for proper sullen teenage moods, which will necessitate significant amounts of chocolate for me to cope...