'If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your mother told you to.'
-- Author Unknown
-- Author Unknown
What a week I have had, for those of you who have children that were waiting for their A Level results, you know how stressful this can become. After 2 years of study your child waits to hear their results, then they do, and OMG if you are lucky it ends there - grades were as expected and they had an offer from their University of choice.
However, if your child was one of those who had to go into clearing for whatever reason, no offers, grades less than expected then what a nightmare.... The information provided said, go on UCAS find out what vacancies there are and then contact the University to get an offer over the phone, then put your offer into the clearing section of the website. The UCAS website crashed, and only provided intermittent access.
Being the control freak that I have become and being in the uneviable position of having a child who had spent the last 2 years, drinking, smoking and socialising with friends (crap grades were the result) I took matters into my own hands. In 20 minutes I had spoken to a college that were offering the degree my child wanted to study and negotiated an unconditional offer. Job Done! with only 2 E's to work with I think I did fantastically well. It then took another 36 stressful hours to get the information on to the UCAS website, register and apply for the student loan and I even managed to get my child an application form for a part-time job, completing the form and writing a CV.
If there are any parents out there who are in a similar position my heart goes out to you, however my advice is do not panic, get over your disappointment (or save it for later) get on that phone and start negotiating.
No doubt I was far too busy to go my usual fashion police trip around the city. Dont worrry I will be back on duty next week. I do however, have a few accessories that you may want to buy! Take a look and feel free to buy one for yourself and one for someone who is close to you. I will be adding new lines regularly!
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