Grammar Sixth Form Help!
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!what were your subject choices and predicted grades?(Original post by star10159)
I got rejected, Oh well, wasn't going to accept it anyways, Vesey here I come ! -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Have you got a reply from camp hill boys?(Original post by MikeyP96)
what were your subject choices and predicted grades?
I applied for Camp Hill boys and had an interview,
but havent heard anything back from them. I
think in the end they might reject me but i am
still waiting for a response. Do you think it would
be best for me to send an email of my grades that
i achieved in March to them? Or is it a bad idea?
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!3 sciences and maths. Predicted grades: 8A*'s(including 2 ICT distinctions),3A's and 2B's. and I have already achieved an A* in maths.(Original post by MikeyP96)
what were your subject choices and predicted grades?
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!and you got rejected?????(Original post by star10159)
3 sciences and maths. Predicted grades: 8A*'s(including 2 ICT distinctions),3A's and 2B's. and I have already achieved an A* in maths.
well vesey should be happy to have you -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!I didn't apply to camp hill(Original post by mazam)
Have you got a reply from camp hill boys?
I applied for Camp Hill boys and had an interview,
but havent heard anything back from them. I
think in the end they might reject me but i am
still waiting for a response. Do you think it would
be best for me to send an email of my grades that
i achieved in March to them? Or is it a bad idea?
I really want to go there...
it cant hurt your chances to contact them can it? -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!So far I've got:(Original post by MikeyP96)
what other offers have you got and where are you thinking of going?
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
King Edward Stourbridge
KEHS (King Edward High School for Girls)
But I'm hoping to go to Camphill or KEHS (they are my no1's)
I've been to my Camphill interview, it's just a matter of waiting to see if they give me an offer or not.
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!I hope it goes well(Original post by Kindred.Spirit)
So far I've got:
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
King Edward Stourbridge
KEHS (King Edward High School for Girls)
But I'm hoping to go to Camphill or KEHS (they are my no1's)
I've been to my Camphill interview, it's just a matter of waiting to see if they give me an offer or not.
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Have you got back to Camp Hill yet mate? 31st is the deadline isn't it? I accepted like a day after the letter out of excitement Haha!(Original post by thisisjokes)
Got a conditional offer from KEFW today! Probably about time I decide where I'm planning on going in September...
Has your first choice changed since?
Mine remains:
Camp Hill - Accepted offer
SSF - Provisionally accepted offer
Five Ways - Declined offer -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Initially my plan was to wait until Five Ways replied, but they were taking the piss to respond so out of anger towards them I accepted my Camp Hill offer two weeks ago. I'm going to accept Five Ways and then be cheeky and go to both inductions and see which I prefer then...(Original post by Sapien)
Have you got back to Camp Hill yet mate? 31st is the deadline isn't it? I accepted like a day after the letter out of excitement Haha!
Has your first choice changed since?
Mine remains:
Camp Hill - Accepted offer
SSF - Provisionally accepted offer
Five Ways - Declined offer
Currently mine stands as:
Five Ways (A few of my friends got offers too, which makes the whole process slightly less daunting I guess)
Camp Hill
Bishop Vesey
SSF
(Really really don't want to go there anymore. Pretty much 80% of my year are going there and I think it's time for a change; I love my current school but cba for a continuation of it next year
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Whats SSF(Original post by thisisjokes)
Initially my plan was to wait until Five Ways replied, but they were taking the piss to respond so out of anger towards them I accepted my Camp Hill offer two weeks ago. I'm going to accept Five Ways and then be cheeky and go to both inductions and see which I prefer then...
Currently mine stands as:
Five Ways (A few of my friends got offers too, which makes the whole process slightly less daunting I guess)
Camp Hill
Bishop Vesey
SSF
(Really really don't want to go there anymore. Pretty much 80% of my year are going there and I think it's time for a change; I love my current school but cba for a continuation of it next year)
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Solihull Sixth Form, a fairly good sixth form college in Solihull(Original post by star10159)
Whats SSF
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Ah, I see. Is Five Ways your first choice? It helps that some of your mates may also go there too!(Original post by thisisjokes)
Initially my plan was to wait until Five Ways replied, but they were taking the piss to respond so out of anger towards them I accepted my Camp Hill offer two weeks ago. I'm going to accept Five Ways and then be cheeky and go to both inductions and see which I prefer then...
Currently mine stands as:
Five Ways (A few of my friends got offers too, which makes the whole process slightly less daunting I guess)
Camp Hill
Bishop Vesey
SSF
(Really really don't want to go there anymore. Pretty much 80% of my year are going there and I think it's time for a change; I love my current school but cba for a continuation of it next year)
I settled on Camp Hill because Five Ways is miles away from me. Plus my interviewer was a bit of a **** And I caught feelings haha -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Was it by any chance, Mr Fox? That guy really ticked me off.(Original post by Sapien)
Ah, I see. Is Five Ways your first choice? It helps that some of your mates may also go there too!
I settled on Camp Hill because Five Ways is miles away from me. Plus my interviewer was a bit of a **** And I caught feelings haha -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Erm, I think it is yeah.(Original post by Sapien)
Ah, I see. Is Five Ways your first choice? It helps that some of your mates may also go there too!
I settled on Camp Hill because Five Ways is miles away from me. Plus my interviewer was a bit of a **** And I caught feelings haha
Undoubtedly Camp Hill is the better school, but it just seemed to me that I'd enjoy the atmosphere at KEFW slightly more.
With that being said, Mr Hardy did seem quite cool and if other teachers are similar to him then I'd be very happy to go to Camp Hill making the decision slightly harder.
I think I've told myself I'm going to accept both offers, and then decide based on the inductions days.
And yeah? I heard a lot of that about the Five Ways interviewers, particularly the science teachers. I suppose I got lucky, I had an English teacher who told me that she wished I was in her class
, and the Maths teacher seemed pretty safe too.
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!I don't remember the name. He was a bald chap who taught chemistry.(Original post by star10159)
Was it by any chance, Mr Fox? That guy really ticked me off. -
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Re: Grammar Sixth Form Help!Yeah, that's very true.(Original post by Sapien)
Yeah, it seemed a nice school. At the end of the day, I'm sure you'd do sick at any college, regardless of teaching, but whether you like the environment is a big factor. I'd go with where I think I'd enjoy it. I don't buy into 'getting good grades just because you go to grammar school'. It's true to an extent, but I think that the best students will do the best they can do because of their efforts. My brother went to SSF and he got 5 offers including Oxford! He always tells me that one of the reasons he did well was because he enjoyed it there.
Apart from me, another dude got an offer in my year. His first choice is CH though, but he has yet to hear from them.
I think that the school itself matters much less than the individual. Provided the work is put in, it's possible to strive and achieve well anywhere. Also, because I've picked English and History, the different courses need to be looked at because obviously different texts and periods are studied at the different schools and that's which I need to take into consideration.
And that's actually very very reassuring! Camp Hill has always stood out in my mind as being the most helpful re: Oxbridge as they always have the highest Oxbridge rates and appear to put in the most support for Oxbridge candidates. It's nice to see people from a wide variety of different schools/colleges getting offers from the top institutions!
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, and the Maths teacher seemed pretty safe too.
