Louise Sallé / Photo credit: Damien MEYER / AFP 10:52 am, June 01, 2023, modified at 10:53 am, June 01, 2023

This Thursday evening, high school students will be on the lookout in front of their computers: the first results of Parcoursup will be online from 19pm. The 917,000 registrants of the platform will know which higher education institutions have accepted them. But not everyone will be in the same boat, at least not right away, because the results are trickling in.

The results of admissions in higher education fall this Thursday evening on Parcoursup, enough to agitate thousands of high school students concerned about their future. But the answers will reach the candidates according to the places vacated by those who have already received favorable opinions.

Most students are therefore on waiting lists that will evolve every day until July 7.

"I'm afraid it's going to be long enough"

"I'm afraid that it will be quite long, and that with time, inevitably, we start to stress a little ...", confides Ambroise, 17 years old, in Terminale at Versailles. Because when a positive result falls, you must quickly decide whether to respond favorably or not. And to add to the ambient stress, this year, a novelty is appearing. As June progresses, the reflection time is reduced from 72 to 24 hours to speed up the procedure.

Ambroise has a piece of advice: "It is to make a ranking of all your choices before receiving the results," he explains. "So as not to have too many anxieties or problems," adds the high school student.

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Family tensions?

These choices to be decided are also sources of family tensions, admits Louise, 17, a high school student in Tours. "I dread the moment when I will find out if I will be taken in this or that city. Because inevitably, economically, it's more convenient for my parents that I stay with them," she admits.

But guidance counselor Sophie Laborde-Balen, founder of the Tonavenir network, suggests listening to the opinion of her relatives. "Young people tend to want to decide, but nevertheless, I find that parents sometimes have good ideas anyway," she notes. "It's good to weigh the pros and cons, it's something to do as a family." And for those who only have negative answers, do not panic... The complementary procedure starts on 15 June to register where there is space left.