DD2 is 18 and is predicted to get A and 2 further As in her A levels this summer.She's at a top rated state girls grammar school and got all As and A in her GSCES
She has run the debating club,organised a prom, edited school magazine and had serious work experience on a national tabloid.School gave her a glowing reference on her UCAS form and her personal statement was good enough to get her called for an interview at Oxford
She wants to do an English degree so how come she has been 'rejected ' by 4 of her 5 university choices?At least Oxford interviewed her and whilst disappointed could make sense of the 'well it wasn't for me if they felt i wasn't for them" argument.The offer she has got is from her least favoured choice and she doesn't want to go to there.
She is now making active plans to go to Spain in the autumn and to really learn Spanish but is seriously pissed off that through no fault of her own she has to wait and reapply again this Autumn, with a now genuine concern that she may be inthe same boat this time next year.
Of course going to uni is not the be all and end all, but she has always wanted to go and has always worked hard.
Any other parents out there with similar stories?
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iwastooearlytobeayummymummy · 09/02/2010 22:37
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