DD and Uni offer

[scoobydooby]

Originally Posted by wombat girl

We have the same problem with my DS College - waiting for the reference ... I think UCAS should chase them as it holds the process up

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I shall be putting a rocket up their ass next week.

[Ds4ljs]

Originally Posted by DisneyDaffodil

Obviously it’s not ideal to have to change your mind after you accept, but my daughter’s friend changed her mind between her firm and insurance offers months after making her firm choices. She had put a local uni as second choice and then decided she wanted to be closer to home. She had to contact UCAS and the two universities to see if it was acceptable to them but it was changed as soon as she did so. She is very pleased she did so, as she spends more time at home than living away as she prefers this and for her second year will probably commute from her family home instead of living away, this wouldn’t have been possible at her original first choice uni

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Thank you that’s helpful x

[CrispyA]

Originally Posted by jdndt

Great news, ds has one offer and 3 interviews - just Durham to hear from which happens to be his favourite. He applied a month ago and heard from the first 4 within days but Durham haven't forgotten him - they keep sending 'we haven't forgotten you' emails!

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Durham are notoriously slow at sending out offers! My DD is in her first year at Durham studying physics and didn’t get her offer until the end of January, whereas some were waiting until March.

What does your DS want to study?

[Lola]

Originally Posted by jdndt

Great news, ds has one offer and 3 interviews - just Durham to hear from which happens to be his favourite. He applied a month ago and heard from the first 4 within days but Durham haven't forgotten him - they keep sending 'we haven't forgotten you' emails!

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Hope you get an offer from Durham soon. Both DD and I went there (many years apart) and loved the place

[jndt]

Originally Posted by CrispyA

Durham are notoriously slow at sending out offers! My DD is in her first year at Durham studying physics and didn’t get her offer until the end of January, whereas some were waiting until March.

What does your DS want to study?

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He wants to study Natural Science - Joint honours Chemistry and Physics. Durhams own website says they take an average of 3 months to respond!

[jndt]

Originally Posted by Lola

Hope you get an offer from Durham soon. Both DD and I went there (many years apart) and loved the place

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I hope he gets an offer too - it was his favourite. I keep telling him he'll like wherever he goes as he liked all the open days but Durham would be great.

[CrispyA]

Originally Posted by jdndt

He wants to study Natural Science - Joint honours Chemistry and Physics. Durhams own website says they take an average of 3 months to respond!

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That sounds about right! Which college is he applying to? DD is at St Mary’s which is right next to the science site, so very handy.

[folkie]

Many congratulations to all those with offers, and the very best of luck to those still waiting.

It does make me smile when I see people getting impatient at waiting for a few weeks - have some sympathy to those who apply for any kind of performing arts. My daughter studied musical theatre. Music/theatre/dance courses always require at least one, sometimes two or even three auditions before getting to an offer, which delays the whole process. On top of that some drama schools don't even start the process until after they've received all applications, so you could apply in October but not audition until April. The top drama schools receive about 200 applications for each place on their drama courses - compare that to the top medical schools with 5-10 applicants per place, or veterinary schools with 10. Yes, the academic requirements are a lot higher for that sort of thing but the odds of getting an offer, let alone a place, are much better.

It used to quite upset my daughter when her friends who'd applied for subjects such as history and maths had heard from all of their choices within a few weeks, sometimes getting five offers without needing to do a single interview. Still, she did get two offers from all her uni and drama school applications and auditions at the end of it all, which for musical theatre is a very good result.

After all that she then went on to become an English, drama and music teacher and now works in retail - but she has just been offered a professional acting role for next year