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University entrance
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:21 pm
by T.i.p.s.y
For those whose children are looking to go to uni from 2010 this may be of interest. I suspect it won't be long before 3A* are required.
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009031306
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:30 pm
by hermanmunster
yep there were mutterings from DS today about that.
I'm not surprised! I'm quite sure there are lots more people getting A at A level than there used to be. Also the requirements have gone up a lot ... medical school used to be BBB or BBC or even CCC if they liked you - now I doubt if you would get much change out of AAA and that would be out of 4 A levels
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:50 pm
by solimum
A friend's daughter has has standard med school offers of AAB this year.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:01 pm
by hermanmunster
solimum wrote:A friend's daughter has has standard med school offers of AAB this year.
still higher than it used to be!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:32 pm
by sycamore
solimum wrote:A friend's daughter has has standard med school offers of AAB this year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7946912.stm
Let's hope she'll be able to afford it.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:41 pm
by hermanmunster
Crumbs yes!
I reckon an eEssential part of pre university training will be how to get a part time job...
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:55 pm
by sycamore
I'm constantly flabbergasted that the government hasn't noticed the link between tuition fees and young people's attitude to money.
When it becomes the norm to be tens of thousands of pounds in debt
before you enter the workforce...........
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:01 pm
by T.i.p.s.y
What I find absolutely outrageous is the fact that if a Scot or EU citizen goes to a Scottish uni then they pay no fees BUT if and English or Welshman goes to a Scottish uni then they have to pay fees. RACISM!!!
(I am Scottish so this comment is not offensive!)
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:27 pm
by Freya
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:34 pm
by Snowdrops
Thankfully my son got in on the last year of free tuition fees (albeit deferred for a year).
I'm now getting my head around the fact that I may have to be paying private school fees for the next 7 years + another 3 years on top (possibly more if she does a doctorate
) of similar amounts in tuition fees.
We are not rich, we are not poor - but we will be by the time this lot have finished with us