That time of year is upon us

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Yuletide nominations are now open. I haven't nominated the Marlows this year, but I would certainly be interested in offering/requesting both the modern and the Players books if anyone else would like to do the honours. You can nominate 3 fandoms and 4 characters in each. Please do comment here with the characters you've nominated, so if there are multiple nominators you can avoid character duplication. Nominating does not commit you to participation in Yuletide. You will need an AO3 account to nominate, and nominations close at 9am UTC on 3rd October. You can go direct to the nominations page here.

Patrick's education

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Trying to write a fic inspired by some of the recent AO3 additions and a nitpicking community post that came up shortly after. I've re-read Peter's Room and AT, but can't find my copy of RAH.

Am I right that in RAH, Patrick has been dragged to interview at Broomhill and tutors have been suggested, but nothing is confirmed other than the plan to sit his O-levels that June, which will be the same time as Ginty?
Will he still be 16, or turned 17 by then?

Prior to that, he was at his hated London day school from some time after Falconer's Lure to December in Attic Term, so is that one year and a term, or two? I think it's two and a term, so he would have been just turned fourteen and entering third year mid-year? (UIV, as Kingscote and my school would have it)

Presumably he was at a boarding school before that? Would he have been at a prep and then a Catholic boarding school for one year age 13?

Meanwhile, Dartmouth for Peter has the problem of not existing by RAH - is there any mention of Peter doing O-levels there? I'd like to think they push him towards science and practical qualifications and generally not being on their boats, just designing them Somewhere Else. I'm assuming he's then one year behind Ginty and one ahead of the twins, education-wise.

I don't recall either of their birthdays, but have an impression Peter's is spring and Patrick's summer - anyone know?

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