University visits

[Edna Cloud]

Originally Posted by 1972

Does anyone know if you can apply for a uni place and apply for an apprenticeship at the same time? If so, if she is successful with an apprenticeship, can she defer her uni place or does she have to decline it after results day?

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Yes, my friend's son did exactly that and held an apprenticeship offer and a university offer. He decided to defer his university place for a year and accept the apprenticeship which meant he could try the apprenticeship with the knowledge that if he hated it, he could leave after a year and go to Uni and if he loved it, he could withdraw his application to Uni.

Best of luck

EC

[Leanne1977]

DS applied for accommodation at Kent this morning. They allow you to apply before accepting a place so we thought it best to do it. He had to choose 4 preferences and we didn’t realise you could only select 2 en-suite rooms. So we had to put down shared facilities for his 3rd and 4th choice which is a bit annoying as we weren’t considering anything other than en-suite. So just a heads up for anyone applying for accommodation as I expect other universities will be similar.

[1972]

Originally Posted by Edna Cloud

Yes, my friend's son did exactly that and held an apprenticeship offer and a university offer. He decided to defer his university place for a year and accept the apprenticeship which meant he could try the apprenticeship with the knowledge that if he hated it, he could leave after a year and go to Uni and if he loved it, he could withdraw his application to Uni.

Best of luck

EC

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Thank you - I take it he liked his apprenticeship?

[Edna Cloud]

Originally Posted by 1972

Thank you - I take it he liked his apprenticeship?

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Well, he definitely liked the salary rather than debt!

[roxie2001]

The schedule for the taster days are out now, UEA looks great. A subject talk, half hour seminar plus a half hour Q&A with students, a chance to look around accomadation and student union again and buffet lunch! It’s only 45 mins away so not a problem getting there.
Nottingham Trent looks like another open day, no subject lesson just a 45 minute talk which Dd went to before. No student union information, this was closed on the open day so was looking forward to seeing it. So now I’m wondering if it’s worth the 3 and a half drive there to see the same things as the open day. Dd knows what accommodation she wants, it would have been nice to see it again but can do online tours if she need to. I know if the UEA will make her unsure again so maybe she will need to see Trent to be sure. Or maybe just cancel both.

[Melbatb]

Originally Posted by roxie2001

The schedule for the taster days are out now, UEA looks great. A subject talk, half hour seminar plus a half hour Q&A with students, a chance to look around accomadation and student union again and buffet lunch! It’s only 45 mins away so not a problem getting there.
Nottingham Trent looks like another open day, no subject lesson just a 45 minute talk which Dd went to before. No student union information, this was closed on the open day so was looking forward to seeing it. So now I’m wondering if it’s worth the 3 and a half drive there to see the same things as the open day. Dd knows what accommodation she wants, it would have been nice to see it again but can do online tours if she need to. I know if the UEA will make her unsure again so maybe she will need to see Trent to be sure. Or maybe just cancel both.

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So difficult to know what to do!

DS got an email from Southampton inviting him to an applicant’s day and saying they will in any event be making him an offer! He is pretty much set on where he wants to go but would like a back up plan!

[roxie2001]

Originally Posted by Melbatb

So difficult to know what to do!

DS got an email from Southampton inviting him to an applicant’s day and saying they will in any event be making him an offer! He is pretty much set on where he wants to go but would like a back up plan!

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It is difficult. Bev kindly asked her daughter and confirmed Trent is more like an open day, so even if we do go it’s still not going to compare with UEA taster day. I just don’t know what to do for the best now!

[CrispyA]

Originally Posted by Melbatb

So difficult to know what to do!

DS got an email from Southampton inviting him to an applicant’s day and saying they will in any event be making him an offer! He is pretty much set on where he wants to go but would like a back up plan!

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Great news about the Southampton offer!

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Melbatb

So difficult to know what to do!

DS got an email from Southampton inviting him to an applicant’s day and saying they will in any event be making him an offer! He is pretty much set on where he wants to go but would like a back up plan!

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Have you already been to Southampton on an open day?

If not it might be worth going. Is there anything else you can combine it with so it is less of a long journey short visit for you?

A back up plan is never a bad thing I think. There are all sorts of things that might crop up (other than exam results) which may mean his current first choice becomes less attractive or importantly less practical

Whether Southampton is the best back up plan depends on his other offers.

When we went for taster days we travelled the way the kids would going to/from during their time at uni. Rather than an easy car journey. It put a stop to one uni choice as child hated traversing London.

It may be harder to do that for you though!

[sammykitten]

Originally Posted by roxie2001

It is difficult. Bev kindly asked her daughter and confirmed Trent is more like an open day, so even if we do go it’s still not going to compare with UEA taster day. I just don’t know what to do for the best now!

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if it helps, my DD has been invited to taster days for both her current favourites. We have already been to Greenwich (twice) on open days, and she had the opportunity on the first one to chat with the academic team, the course students, do a taster session for her degree course, and go to a welcome chat. She did all of that, so she's decided she's not going to Greenwich taster day in March. We are both going to Manchester in February, for their taster day, as we didn't manage to work in an open day visit last year. When she's doing her course taster sessions, I'll find somewhere to have a coffee.