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From what I can gather from my two is that the state school kids seem much more engaged and determined to do well whereas the private school kids think it’s more of a laugh. A number seem to expect to fail a year and still get help from mummy and daddy.

We made the decision to help both of ours mainly because of the courses they were doing. Chemistry for senior which isnt a course you want to do whilst having a part time job, though he did work over the summer. Similarly my daughter studied child nursing which requires them to work placements...

my lad went to York and new within minutes that it was the Uni for him. He completed 4 year MChem and is now just starting 2nd year of his PhD. I can’t see him ever leaving York.

Advice I gave my two was when standing in the middle of the campus. ”it’s a wet Tuesday in November and you have had a bad day. How do you think you’ll feel being here“. Apparently both thought this was sound advice and helped with deciding which Uni they went to. FWIW, my daughter did this at...