| A-Level results 16:58 - Aug 16 with 3099 views | csf |
Anyone else gone through results today? My stepson has spent 10 months refusing to consider Uni on the prospect of bad results, only to get good results and decide this morning that he fancied it.
Got through clearing and is now doing History at the uni. Wonderful result save the year of lethargy!!
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| A-Level results on 17:31 - Aug 16 with 3059 views | ItchySphincter |
Too easy.
Well done to him. |  |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 23:56 - Aug 16 with 2965 views | majorraglan |
Glad to hear your boy got what he wanted, he should be very proud of his achievement.
My eldest had his results today. He applied for Uni last year but wasn’t really 100% sure of what he wanted to do. As time has passed, he has become more unsure about his choice of course and what he wants to do and earlier this year he started talking about taking a gap year.
He had his results today and just missed out on his first choice at Bristol, but he had an offer from Cardiff which was his second choice. He is not taking the Cardiff offer and is sticking with the gap year as he is still unsure about what he wants to study or whether he even wants to go to Uni.
I am concerned as to what he is going to do, but given the costs associated with going to Uni i would rather he takes the time to make his decision as opposed to dropping out after a year with nothing to show except a load of debt.
Kids....... [Post edited 17 Aug 2018 0:14]
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 01:15 - Aug 17 with 2941 views | jackforever |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 23:56 - Aug 16 by majorraglan |
Glad to hear your boy got what he wanted, he should be very proud of his achievement.
My eldest had his results today. He applied for Uni last year but wasn’t really 100% sure of what he wanted to do. As time has passed, he has become more unsure about his choice of course and what he wants to do and earlier this year he started talking about taking a gap year.
He had his results today and just missed out on his first choice at Bristol, but he had an offer from Cardiff which was his second choice. He is not taking the Cardiff offer and is sticking with the gap year as he is still unsure about what he wants to study or whether he even wants to go to Uni.
I am concerned as to what he is going to do, but given the costs associated with going to Uni i would rather he takes the time to make his decision as opposed to dropping out after a year with nothing to show except a load of debt.
Kids....... [Post edited 17 Aug 2018 0:14]
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My daughter also just missed her first choice but has been accepted into her second choice. I think your son for what it's worth is doing exactly the right thing. I was in his position many years ago and ended up doing my degree in a subject I ended up hating. Waste of three years but back then no debt, grants and a year in industry so graduated with money in the bank.
Take a year, try things, get advice, talk to as many people as possible and go from there. | | | |
| A-Level results on 08:50 - Aug 17 with 2862 views | MrSwerve |
I teach at a University and am also an admissions tutor, so it was a very hectic day as usual for me! It’ll go on for a good week or so yet, including the weekend. |  |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 08:53 - Aug 17 with 2856 views | MrSwerve |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 01:15 - Aug 17 by jackforever |
My daughter also just missed her first choice but has been accepted into her second choice. I think your son for what it's worth is doing exactly the right thing. I was in his position many years ago and ended up doing my degree in a subject I ended up hating. Waste of three years but back then no debt, grants and a year in industry so graduated with money in the bank.
Take a year, try things, get advice, talk to as many people as possible and go from there. |
Sound advice.
One of my biggest regrets is not taking a year out to evaluate what I wanted from my future and make a more informed decision on my choice of university and course. Wouldn’t have hurt to have a bit of fun too!  | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 09:20 - Aug 17 with 2828 views | longlostjack |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 23:56 - Aug 16 by majorraglan |
Glad to hear your boy got what he wanted, he should be very proud of his achievement.
My eldest had his results today. He applied for Uni last year but wasn’t really 100% sure of what he wanted to do. As time has passed, he has become more unsure about his choice of course and what he wants to do and earlier this year he started talking about taking a gap year.
He had his results today and just missed out on his first choice at Bristol, but he had an offer from Cardiff which was his second choice. He is not taking the Cardiff offer and is sticking with the gap year as he is still unsure about what he wants to study or whether he even wants to go to Uni.
I am concerned as to what he is going to do, but given the costs associated with going to Uni i would rather he takes the time to make his decision as opposed to dropping out after a year with nothing to show except a load of debt.
Kids....... [Post edited 17 Aug 2018 0:14]
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Tell him to check out Universities in the Netherlands. He#d save a fortune on tuition fees. |  |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 11:19 - Aug 17 with 2778 views | MrSwerve |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 09:20 - Aug 17 by longlostjack |
Tell him to check out Universities in the Netherlands. He#d save a fortune on tuition fees. |
And spend a fortune on weed | |
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| A-Level results on 12:03 - Aug 17 with 2744 views | trampie |
There are too many people going to university, universities are failing the country, UK slipping down various league tables as a result. |  |
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| A-Level results on 13:25 - Aug 17 with 2708 views | Professor |
| A-Level results on 12:03 - Aug 17 by trampie |
There are too many people going to university, universities are failing the country, UK slipping down various league tables as a result. |
Not the fault of people, but a change in expectation of 5-10% of people going to University to much closer to 50%. The changes post 1992 mean we have 132 UK universities. in 1991 there were 46 plus 29 polytechnics. There is a desire amongst some Tories to allow private universities which could less to further expansion. Current policy is very driven that universities are just where you get a degree and increasingly are an extension of school rather than a centre of knowledge, though and ideas. | | | |
| A-Level results on 13:31 - Aug 17 with 2695 views | trampie |
Universities are dumbing down bright pupils, they end up not being able to think for themselves, unable to problem solve and often they are not equipped for the workforce or life in general. | |
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| A-Level results on 14:29 - Aug 17 with 2660 views | Professor |
| A-Level results on 13:31 - Aug 17 by trampie |
Universities are dumbing down bright pupils, they end up not being able to think for themselves, unable to problem solve and often they are not equipped for the workforce or life in general. |
It is still Ok where demand is greater or roughly equal to supply. Problems come when there are many more places than students-biological sciences is a good example. Here standards are plummeting as universities need the customer and the customer is always right. Remember for clinical degrees more than half the fees are still from central taxation-basted funding not just student fees | | | |
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