Wimbledon College of Art interview - help

Travel from Reading into London to get there for 9am is peak rate and about 50 quid per person.

Trains to Reading from Scotland - there used to be a direct train from Glasgow to Reading going via lake district, Birmingham etc - might that be a better option if you could get her to Glasgow and put her on the train there??

Point 1. Maybe it is me, maybe I am a harsh parent, but having had several children go through the university system and helped pay for various student accommodation no way would I encourage her to go out of Scotland, where the education element is free.

Point 2. If she is good enough to get into a good London Art School, she will get into a similar one in Scotland.

Point 3. As a parent, if I had a child with MH issues I would want to be able to get to them within a short time. You won't be in that position either in terms of distance, finance or work commitments.

Point 4. I would want to know that they could get home easily and relatively cheaply in those first few crucial weeks of settling in.

Knowing all the above I wouldn't feel at all guilty in trying very hard to dissuade her from going south. They are young adults with little life experience on which to base life-changing decisions, they need guidance and sometimes bluntness to enable them to see the pitfalls that could lie ahead due to personal circumstance.

You are acting in her best interests, try to remember that.

silvercar wrote: »

As an artist either she will make her fortune and be able to easily afford the 9% "graduate tax" or she will never earn enough for the repayments to have much impact.



Just possibly she is brilliant and the opportunities at this Art school are outstanding, so it could be that this will put her in the top league of artists. I don;t know, but it is possible.





Whole heartedly agree. These points are more important than the first two. But, her disappointment will have to be handled carefully.

I don't know if you can present it to her, that getting the interview was an accomplishment in itself and now is the time to take a step back.

Re point 1, I agree, but unfortunately, for many students with MH issues they do come to see the "debt" as a real and tangible thing and that has an effect on their overall MH.

Re point 2. This is the institution and how it is ranked....

https://university.which.co.uk/wimbledon-college-of-art-university-of-the-arts-london-u65

I agree the last two points are possibly the most important, but suspect that the student may not view them that way.

My daughter has been to interviews at 5 different Uni's, for every one, she had previously been to all their respective open days, one uni (her first choice) she went to two open days there, (i went to one with her) before her interview, to make sure that she was choosing the right one. I don't understand why the OP's daughter is going to an interview at a Uni which she has not even visited ? What is the point ? My daughter went to two open days and immediately said "i would never apply to go there, it was awful" It seems that her college are just trying to get her to apply for a Uni where she would be more likely to be offered a place rather than one that suits her circumstances ? Surely if they're aware of her mental health issues, they wouldn't recommend a Uni so far from home ? As her parent, i would be advising her to look closer to home too, IMO the interview will be a waste of time and money.