Laura Corin Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Almost all offers of university places in Britain are conditional on attaining a particular grade in final exams in the summer. His first offer looks attainable, so it may well end up being his safety. He was really surprised to get an offer this early - he only put the (UCAS common) application in a couple of weeks ago. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations to Calvin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations to Calvin! Thanks. It's given him a boost to get down to some more work. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yay and congrats to him! (And to you!) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 What happy news! Congratulations to Calvin. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Sandra Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Congratulations to both of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Congrats. That's such an encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbbulliv Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yeah!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yay!! :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Well done! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Congratulations to you all! Sound silly to say "I can't believe he's ready for university" since I don't know him but after reading your posts for all these years it still seems like time has flown by... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Congratulations to you all! Sound silly to say "I can't believe he's ready for university" since I don't know him but after reading your posts for all these years it still seems like time has flown by... I'm with you there. He's one of my best friends and it's going to be excruciating. He will be going early - he'll be 17 3/4 next September. From the conversation last night, he's really ready to leave school - starting to chafe against the (inevitable) petty, infantilising rules involved in warehousing 16, 17 and 18yo and getting them through very competitive exams. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Congratulations to you all! Sound silly to say "I can't believe he's ready for university" since I don't know him but after reading your posts for all these years it still seems like time has flown by... I was thinking the same thing. :) COngrats to him, Laura. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Very exciting! (I think that you and I are among the very few IB parents here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Very exciting! (I think that you and I are among the very few IB parents here.) Yes indeed. British universities used (just two or three years ago) to demand very high scores of people doing the IB, but things have settled down a bit as they've become more familiar with the qualification. He's likely to get some pretty tough offers nonetheless: between 36 and 40 points. Calvin just handed in his Extended Essay first draft, on 'inscape' in Gerard Manley Hopkins. He is also working on essays for English and Latin that he needs to perfect to send to one of his potential universities. Tonight he's out with friends, but he's got a lot on his plate. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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