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summerdip · 13/08/2014 09:00
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FantaSea ·
13/08/2014 09:12
Hello summer I remember you from the support thread 
. DD has hers tomorrow and is feeling very worried. I have got to the point where I just want to know now, we have had endless discussions about what I think she has got in various modules and it is all so stressful. Not knowing is the worst thing.
FantaSea ·
13/08/2014 11:56
HP hello
I have had a look at the ocr grade boundaries for the chemistry and it has made me feel worse, but I haven't told DD I have looked as I don't want her to be more worried than she already is. I am just praying that she has scraped a C, I know that sounds low to a lot of people, but for her that would be a real achievement. I feel sick just thinking about it.
summerdip ·
13/08/2014 18:34
Yes OCR grade boundaries - all scaring me.
Just have to have talk through plans whatever the outcome.
Brave face.
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FantaSea ·
13/08/2014 19:03
summer yes I think the ocr grade boundaries are quite bad. I have already started on the 
that is how bad I am feeling.
FantaSea ·
13/08/2014 20:50
summer that's how I feel, it feels like a huge event. I am just thinking that in a few hours we will know what we are dealing with and all the uncertainty will be over.
I have been feeling sick all day but now I am starving, which must be a good sign. DD and I are going to watch the bake-off which I am recording to take our mind off things and have some chocolate
Dumbledoresgirl ·
13/08/2014 21:56
I'll join in, if I may.
Ds1 gets his results tomorrow. Expecting the worst as he has not been at all motivated throughout Yr 13 and did not revise one jot. We are facing a disaster, I feel. 
I might need some advise on how not to throttle him what we do next tomorrow.
CareersDragon ·
13/08/2014 23:18
As a Mum, I remember the stress that you're all going through, and I do sympathise. It probably won't help, but try & remember that in the great scheme of things A level grades are not the be-all & end-all. As a Careers Adviser, I've spoken to people who sailed through A levels, only to find uni impossible & dropped out. I've spoken with business owners who failed their A lvls and feel glad, because it spurred them on to succeed in other ways. One youngster I worked with was so determined to go to one university, where a number of her friends were going, that she accepted a place on the most unsuitable course for her on results day. She later failed her first year, which she retook. Failed again, and ended up switching courses. She took 5 years to finally get her degree, and for the last 2 years her friends had left anyway. An example of how not to do it!!
Whatever your DC get tomorrow, try and remain calm & philosophical. With your support they can make good decisions & all will be well in the end.
I hope.
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Dumbledoresgirl ·
14/08/2014 10:24
Mine got CEE. He needed CDD for first choice uni, and 300 UCAS points for second choice. We have no idea how to calculate all his UCAS points but it looks like he might have somewhere in the 230 range, so that is both options out.
No idea where we go from here.
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