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Wend

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  1. 28 minutes ago, Seaside H said:

     

    They voluntered the information.  I’m confused as well 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know is 19 out of 62 is before MDS or after as a friend has been told 4th and her dd hasn’t been offered MDS but been told it might x

    Well that’s good to know because I was worried about asking but I’ll start off the conversation regarding the options available following these results and see what happens. I would have thought that the total finalists being at 62, then the awards say 1-14 (example I don’t know how many MDS awards there are), then continuing with the numbering in order of scores, so 19th I would assume is high up the list, but I don’t know for sure. Did she mean 4th in order of the reserve list in the sense that if there were 14 awards given out then number 18 on the list would technically be number 4 reserve? Fingers crossed for you. I’m dying to know where my DD is now.

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  2. 12 minutes ago, margarite said:

    I would email if you can't get through. It was discussed where DD was on the reserve list when I called, as I suppose if she had been VERY near the top, there would be no need to offer her a bursary right away, if that makes sense. 

    That makes sense. I’ll try again tomorrow and email if no joy via phone. Thanks, hope everything works out for you. 

  3. Just now, Wend said:

    Sorry it wasn’t an immediate yes. Did they mind you asking that question? I wasn’t going to ask them as it said not to on the letter, but everyone seems too know where their DD or DS are, so will try and find out tomorrow. All very new to me so I don’t know the correct etiquette ha-ha. DD only auditioned for an associate place this year too so this is including this forum which is of an immense help is new to me too. 

    Sorry to. It too, despise predictive text! 

  4. 3 hours ago, Seaside H said:

    I have spoken to Hammond my dd is 19 out of 62 so highly unlikely anything will change for her and the bursary isn't enough.  Congratulations to everyone else and back to associates for her.

    Sorry it wasn’t an immediate yes. Did they mind you asking that question? I wasn’t going to ask them as it said not to on the letter, but everyone seems too know where their DD or DS are, so will try and find out tomorrow. All very new to me so I don’t know the correct etiquette ha-ha. DD only auditioned for an associate place this year too so this is including this forum which is of an immense help is new to me too. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, margarite said:

    If she's 19th out of 62, that's quite near the top, as I'm guessing numbers 1-14 have the awards? 

    I hope she's ok xx

    I’ve tried ringing them today about paying the registration fee, ideally would like to know if I’m better off setting fire to it because if she’s well down the list then there’s no point.  It couldn’t get through an d then got a message they close at 4:30 (it was 2pm haha), try again tomorrow. Don’t really want to ask where my DD is on the list as it says not to in the letter? 

     

  6. 16 minutes ago, Lou78 said:

    Hi Wend what year was you DD auditioning for yr 7 ? My DD is currently yr 8 at Hammond . She was lucky enough to get an MDS award straightaway to join Year 7 but there was a number of children in her year pulled from the reserve list and also given MDS awards so don't lose hope . She loves her school and is making such fantastic progress having opportunities which she would never have had if she'd stayed at home xx

    Yes Year 7; thanks, one can only hope, she’s just a bit gutted because they’ve said she’s of a standard for The Hammond but obviously not good enough for a scholarship, which we really needed. She’ll bounce back and she has her Associate place to fall back on if an MDS etc. doesn’t become a viable option, so it’s not all bad. I just want her to have the best opportunity to do the thing she loves most, (as we all do I guess), so right now feeling low and disappointed for her, but tomorrow is another day as they say. 

  7. 18 minutes ago, Ballet4Boyz said:

    The Hammond staff are always very helpful - if you call first thing on Monday and manage to get through to someone  & explain you may have got your wires a little crossed - I'm sure they'll do everything to help 😊 . 

    Thanks, I will. It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind ha-ha. 

  8. 4 minutes ago, Sarah2203 said:

    I don't think anyone is in school now until after the holidays. I think they've did everything a little rushed this year having the auditions so close together. Last year all the forms had to be back before funding audition so they had all the information to hand to make the offers regarding bursary a few days after MDS letters were sent. 

    I’ll ring First thing on Monday and hope someone can take payment, it’s our first time auditioning for anything like this so it’s all new to us, so don’t know about last year, but yes it does seem to be everything at once in a short space of time. Thanks for all your help.

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  9. 6 minutes ago, Karen said:

    I have no idea about any individual member of staff’s holiday arrangements, but it has been possible to talk to School in the holidays in the past. 

    Thanks, I’ve just called and the message says their offices will be open 8am Monday so hopefully there will be someone there who will be able to take payment and at least keep DD’s name on the reserve list. 

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  10. 16 minutes ago, Sarah2203 said:

    The financial form and documents didn't need to be in this week as far as I am aware. Just the registration form handed out at first audition as well as the fee of £155. I'm assuming if those don't get paid and handed in no place will be kept if you are on reserve list ?

    We received a letter stating our DD is on the reserve list, is there anyone available to speak to (as their now on half term), so I can pay over the phone? Or do you think it will be okay to hang on until after the holidays? I can post the registration form to them as soon as I have done my DD’s passport photo tomorrow. 

  11. 32 minutes ago, Wend said:

     

    Ah right, I wasn’t aware of that. I’ll have to speak to them. 

    Perhaps we as parents may have scuppered our DD’s audition then by not providing this in time, but no one at the Hammond mentioned to us a deadline date, just as soon as possible. We are still waiting on payroll to provide us with the information and documents they’ve asked for. Never mind, obviously not meant to be.  Thanks for the information. 

  12. 30 minutes ago, Sarah2203 said:

    I was told over the phone the registration form with fee had to be in Wednsday and the medical and financial form to be handed in ideally before the end of Easter holidays. One of the other parents was told the same aswell?

     

    30 minutes ago, Sarah2203 said:

    I was told over the phone the registration form with fee had to be in Wednsday and the medical and financial form to be handed in ideally before the end of Easter holidays. One of the other parents was told the same aswell?

    Ah right, I wasn’t aware of that. I’ll have to speak to them. 

  13. 7 minutes ago, Sarah2203 said:

    I was under the impression the registration form and fee had to be handed in by Wednesday before the kids went into audition? I was told over the phone to hand both in on the day? 

     

    Everyone who attended Wednesday audition at Hammond goes into reserve list and are ranked in order of score. Though honestly this doesn't always work as a boy lower down the list can still end up with an MDS over a girl who's higher up the list due to boarding situation. Plus I'd imagine year group has an impact too? My dd was quite high up reserve list last year and we know of people lower down the list who ended up with awards when she never did.

    That’s the first I’ve heard about having to hand them in before the funding audition, as the auditions are rated on talent and not financial status, so they wouldn’t need that paperwork prior to the audition. At the first audition she said to hand them in as soon as possible and no later than August for all paperwork relating to your DC. I may have misheard though. If that’s what they do then that seems a little unfair, especially when they’ve stated on the letter that they go in order, can understand about the boy/girl scenario, but not year groups necessarily. It’s a whole new world to us so I’m just going to hand the financial forms in and have a chat about bursaries, but right now I’m thinking it’s a lost cause and we will just stay as we are and maybe re-audition next year.  

  14. 2 minutes ago, Seaside H said:

     

     

    I already handed my finiancial forms in but not my registration one.  I will call and have a chat but presume they are shut for the next 2 weeks.

    I need to get them sent off, was waiting for the results first. 

  15. 3 minutes ago, Seaside H said:

    We are in exactly the same position 🙈

     

    will Hammond tell you where they are on the reserve list?

    Is it possible to get more than 50%?

    I honestly don’t know, it does say to not contact them about the list as they will contact you, but I really don’t want to pay the registration fee to be told that even with a bursary we still can’t afford it as in the letter it says you have to have submitted the registration form and I’m assuming the registration fee along with it before having financial discussions with them. ☹️

  16. 6 minutes ago, Seaside H said:

    DD is on the reserve list for MDS at Hammond what does that mean?? In the letter it says 13th April is when people have to accept by.  All comments appreciated 🙈

    I think it means that successful candidates have until that date to accept the scholarship and then they’ll go to the reserve list in order (they score points in the audition so the highest scorer on the reserve list will get selected first should any awards become available due to people not accepting, which I would assume is highly unlikely but I’m new to all this so wouldn’t know for certain). 

  17. My DD on reserve list for the MDS at The Hammond too. She’s gutted as we really needed the scholarship (as I guess most do). I’m assuming it will be a no go as everyone offered the MDS will take it and I’ve no idea where on the reserve list she has been placed. Even if we could get 50% off fees with their own bursary, it would still be too much to pay for us and our circumstances. At least she can still gain valuable experience as an Associate there and has learnt a lot just from the audition process. 

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  18. Sorry to confuse you; what I’m saying is they mentioned they had so many kids the following day for call back but I wasn’t sure who they were for. How many lower school children do you think they may have at my DD’s scholarship audition next week?  Sorry this is all very new to us and a bit of a whirlwind. 

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