Ballet4Boyz Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Can anyone tell me - if your DC is lucky enough to be offered a place at one of the vocational schools (lower schools) for full-time training ......what actually happens ? Do the schools inform you fairly quickly of the results and how long are you given to formerly accept a place...... do they put a time limit on when you have to accept for instance. What happens then if the child has further funding auditions in the following weeks for which they'll have no idea of that outcome, but it might be for a school they prefer or feel more suited too ?? I just wondered if all the schools allow all results to be known before you have to make a decision. This would be of course a wonderful position to be in and indeed wishful thinking, but I'm sure there must be talented DC out there that have been in this dilemma ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Yes, they normally give you a date by which you have to accept the place and pay a deposit, or decline the offer. Re waiting to hear from other schools: What some people do is to accept and pay the deposit anyway and reserve the place while they wait for the results from other finals; knowing that if they are offered a place elsewhere that they will forfeit that deposit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thanks Taxi ???????? .......Oooh ...I seem to remember glancing at the deposits, thinking they were quite weighty (might have got that wrong) - an expensive option for those in that lovely position of having more than one offer I guess !!! ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 It does make it difficult for those who might be eligible for a higher proportion of funding due to a lower family income, that's for sure. Although if you pay a deposit and then go to that school, the fact that you've paid a deposit is taken into account when working out the fees and the so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waitingmum Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Last year my dd had offers from WL, Elmhurst and Tring and the timing was such that we did have time to make a decision (although not sure about Tring as she didn't really ever want to go there and as lucky enough to have offers from the others we didn't really consider it). The schools do expect this to happen so you can say that you would like to accept the place before you actually have to pay a deposit and then turn them down. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thankyou taxi4ballet & waitingmum .......all very helpful !!! Our DS will be over the moon with any offer, let alone more than one ....but he's well aware funded places are very difficult to achieve - so what will be, will be ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfbrew Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I got round this problem by asking lots of questions to stall for time.... Mind you they were genuine concerns. I even asked for (and got) another visit to WL before I would consider accepting the place! Such a long time ago now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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