Exam results

I wonder what happened, and whether she got the results she wanted.

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I've got my finger crossed for her, Anniebach. Good luck to your granddaughter, I hope she gets what she wants .

Can I just add that if she doesn't quite get the grades, it is worth asking her school to contact the uni to let them know her personal background circumstances, as that might help.
(Not sure of all the details, but a cousin's daughter got on her course that way.)

Shouldn't we be raising our kids and grandkids to admire craftspeople and to value skilled apprenticeships too?

Even in a computerized world we will continue to need craftspeople who work skillfully with their brains, backs, legs, arms and hands.

We are waiting for our gd GCSEs 24th August to be precise. They have been changed this year so we are all tenterhooks hoping she gets a good result.

Annie - feeling for you. It's hard to care so much and be unable, at this stage, to do other than keep calm and wait. Hoping that by the end of the week we'll be smiling with you. Your GD has understandable reasons to want to go to that particular university.

Aw, I feel for you and your DGD. Only today, though, in the Telegraph, lots of Russell Group unis with places going begging. Having to lower their entry grades. Clearing isn't the place it used to be. Chin up and got fingers crossed for her. Meanwhile have a

Much sympathy and having four children who all had a dramatic method of getting into uni all I can say is it'll all sort itself out in the end. I agree with the writers who stress making contact with the uni and possible change of course. My son managed to get in because a new course had just started and they were low on numbers.
As long as there's support and love anything can be achieved.

I've been reading that if you do not agree with your grade, this year you will be able to download your actual paper to see how it has been marked and appeal like mad - I also waiting but for GCSEs next week. DGD will not get to stay in her school if she fails maths. Trying times.

Thank you all. She has been through so much hurt , was in a loving, happy family, her mother - my lovely daughter- left the family home when the little one was ten, a month later their father was thought to have cancer , five months before the all clear. My daughter had developed a mental illness, became a secret drinker then an alcholic. We live in a small market town where everything is known and my daughter gets highs and lows which sure thing is repeated in school. So my little one wants to get into university , wants to be with her siblings and wants to leave this town. They did call in recently with a suggestion - granny when we have all left here will you move to our university town so we will still be near you ! Gulp.

To all grannies and mothers with children waiting for the results , I wish success for all and thank you all x

Thoughts with you. Please let us know what happens. There's always re-sits. Anyway going to a different uni might be a blessing in disguise. ANYWAY she'll probably get the reults she wants and then you'll be regretting all the energy you've spent. Very best wishes.

Agree with all everyone is saying. And, for your sanity try to keep busy with other things - if she does need help, she'll need you in a good state! Hug.

My grand daughter also in bits waiting for Thursday. Being a bit of a cow tbh! I tell her she will feel a lot better once she has the results and knows for definite what she is working with.

'little' - terrible typist strikes again.

You have my sympathies Anniebach - I am also in knots about results for my grandson who is a gentle, retiring boy with fair amount of unhappy history (none his fault) and I am longing for him to get some good grades to boost his confidence for the future.
I read the other day that this current set of A levels have been the hardest for a long time as the dumbing down in previous years in order to make the system look good has been heavily criticised. What a farce it all is - young people are put through flaming hoops and suffer anguish while politicians move the goalposts on what seems like a year on year change of strategy - evidently we are to blame Michael Gove for the fact that these were stiff exams. Presumably students of previous years can either thank their lucky stars, or possibly feel that their grades are second rate - and there was a recommendation to push for a re mark if grades seem wrong, as some have been marked up several notches after being scrutinised. Good luck to your littel grand daughter - I wish her well, and all those others who are longing for Thursday to come and go!

Never give up hope Anniebach. My DGD had been offered a scholarship to Cambridge but failed to get one of the grades. She wept herself into an emotional wreck until we persuaded her that she had nothing to lose by ringing them up and throwing herself on their mercy. Their initial response was that their was very little hope but the following day she had a call to offer her the place after all.

Whatever happens you're there to help her. Sometimes that's all you can do. She's lucky to have someone who cares so much for her. Good luck!

It's hard isn't it? But there is so much time for a young person to get to where they want to be, albeit by a circuitous route. DS got distracted by a woman in the midst of his Btec and had to retake, then he got to the same uni as she was at (as a mature student +4 years older than DS) After a year he hadn't settled on his course so transferred to another, and came out with a 2.2.
DD planned to to to uni with her friends, but didn't get the grades. She broke the news while I was at work, so there was I sobbing on her behalf,with people coming up and asking what was the matter. Within half-an-hour, she'd rung admissions and got herself on to a similar course, had a whale of a time and came out with a 2.2. As for me, I so regretted my decision not to go to uni when I visited them on campus, but finally studied with the OU and ended up with a 2.1 at the age of 61. Never say never. (BTW DS married girlfriend, and they are now divorcing)

Back up plan - many local colleges do degree courses, so don't just look at universities in vicinity of siblings/home/you, Annie.
Good luck to all grandchildren, this week and next.

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Everything crossed for her and for you, Annie.

Let us know how it all goes for her, and you. She will probably never know how many people are rooting for her.

I am quietly confident that all will be well.

I hope Thursday goes well anniebach and as others have said the chances are she will get into the university she wants to and then you can start worrying about what she's up to!!!
My Granddaughter gets hers on Thursday too - she is autistic and has chosen a University near home so she can go home at weekends if she wants to. She hasn't struggled academically mostly because she is very obsessive and thorough with the work but she will have problems with being with a lot of people and sharing a bathroom is going to be very stressful for her.

You're a caring gran, Annie; it comes with the territory! I hope your GD gets the results she needs. ?