Anyone From Woodhouse College?

I'm not from Woodhouse, but I did apply there (god it seems a long time ago). My general impression from when I visited and had an interview was that its full of toffs who stick their nose up at everyone else. The results are good nevertheless.

Reply 2

SketchyCanvas~

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Socrates

I'm not from Woodhouse, but I did apply there (god it seems a long time ago). My general impression from when I visited and had an interview was that its full of toffs who stick their nose up at everyone else. The results are good nevertheless.

except i applied last year and didnt get in :p:

But some of my friends go there and their loving it :biggrin:

Reply 3

OP

didn't get in?

I got direct offer LOL

Reply 4

Michelin Man

I got direct offer LOL

I got an offer but rejected them because:
a) It was pretty far away
b) I prefered a sixthform to a college
c) I didn't particularly like their attitude as I said.

Reply 5

OP

i can assure you that nobody except for the odd exception is a toff. This was my impression before i arrived but now i'm there its not like that. we're students and still get up to the same cr.ap as everyone else, go out cause havoc down tally ho corner etc. Bad decision, you'll regret it, unless you really like ur sixth form

Reply 6

Michelin Man

i can assure you that nobody except for the odd exception is a toff. This was my impression before i arrived but now i'm there its not like that. we're students and still get up to the same cr.ap as everyone else, go out cause havoc down tally ho corner etc. Bad decision, you'll regret it, unless you really like ur sixth form

Well I am at university now, and I really did like my sixth form. The school atmosphere is cool IMO. :cool:

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wazza07

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I'm applying to Woodhouse this year, but I've heard that the college is becoming more rude-boi dominated :mad:

. I know in the good old days when my brother went there it wasn't like that. Well hopefully I get an offer, I think I have the right grades but there's other factors as well.

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OP

fawaz

but I've heard that the college is becoming more rude-boi dominated :mad:

Rude-boi is taking it a bit far, we're jus normal. The grades are still excellent but its not as posh as it used to be (i don't really know if it was that posh before i only found out about it a month before i applied). The atmosphere is excellent. Everyone is approachable and theres a lot of student support. The only real thing i would worry about is how far you have to travel each morning. It takes me 45 mins to get there by bus.

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Socrates

I'm not from Woodhouse, but I did apply there (god it seems a long time ago). My general impression from when I visited and had an interview was that its full of toffs who stick their nose up at everyone else. The results are good nevertheless.

Woodhouse is the leading sixth form college in London, indeed one of the best in the country. According to the OFSTED inspection report 1 in 8 previously attended an Independant School. Perhaps these are the 'toffs' you're reffering. I have a friend who went there and she told me there were a lot of...Asians from the local North London area ^o). Anyway, she told me the students weren't 'stuck up' and that she had a good time there (she was the President of the Student Union) but if the students didn't acheive high AS grades then they chucked you out after the first year because they didn't want it to reflect badly in the League Tables...

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Xanthe

Perhaps these are the 'toffs' you're reffering. I have a friend who went there and she told me there were a lot of...Asians from the local North London area ^o).

They are indeed the toffs I am referring to. However, I extend that to the admission tutors who patronised one of my mates because my secondary school wasn't particularly high achieving, and he was an A* student.

Xanthe

if the students didn't acheive high AS grades then they chucked you out after the first year because they didn't want it to reflect badly in the League Tables...[

Why am I not surprised? :rolleyes:

Reply 11

Socrates

They are indeed the toffs I am referring to. However, I extend that to the admission tutors who patronised one of my mates because my secondary school wasn't particularly high achieving, and he was an A* student.

I would imagine that virtually everyone who goes there has a string of A*s and As at GCSE (including my friend).

Socrates

Why am I not surprised? :rolleyes:

She got Cs in her ASs then moved to another college to start again (didn't exactly have much of a choice). She did well, eventually completing her A2s in the Summer this year and is at Southampton now doing what she wants to do, so everything turned out alright. :smile:

Reply 12

Xanthe

I would imagine that virtually everyone who goes there has a string of A*s and As at GCSE (including my friend).

I didn't have a string of A*s by any measure, but my mate did, and they totally dissed him by saying how the school was so crap and how he could be predicted such high grades. They are so not full of themselves. :rolleyes:

Xanthe

She got Cs in her ASs then moved to another college to start again (didn't exactly have much of a choice). She did well, eventually completing her A2s in the Summer this year and is at Southampton now doing what she wants to do, so everything turned out alright. :smile:

My ASs were pretty poor (ABCD), but retakes and A2s got them up to decency.

Reply 13

black_mamba

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I just looked up my partners CV and he was at Woodhouse from '99 for a few years. Had no idea it was seen as a decent place. Interesting, is it really posh? :eek:

Reply 14

black_mamba

Had no idea it was seen as a decent place.

Not just 'decent' it's the one of the best in the country. :cool:

black_mamba

Interesting, is it really posh? :eek:

Yes. Mind you, it looks very posh from the outside (the building).

Reply 15

spoon1

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Xanthe

I would imagine that virtually everyone who goes there has a string of A*s and As at GCSE (including my friend).

My sister went to woodhouse...she got a few B's, a couple of C's and a D at gcse!

although that was 5 years ago...

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Kill.Me.Now

fawaz

I'm applying to Woodhouse this year, but I've heard that the college is becoming more rude-boi dominated :mad:

. I know in the good old days when my brother went there it wasn't like that. Well hopefully I get an offer, I think I have the right grades but there's other factors as well.

Hey i'm applying to Woodhouse this year too :eek:

. What school do you go to then?

Reply 17

spoon1

My sister went to woodhouse...she got a few B's, a couple of C's and a D at gcse!

although that was 5 years ago...

Did she do A levels?

Reply 18

OP

not posh i can assure but there are a few who previously went to independents. They push you to get the grades. You must get either a C or be proven to be a hard worker to progress to A2. Its just like every other 6th form/college of course they're gonna chuck u out if you do badly

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