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Foundation Science at UEA - Your experience and feedback please

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At UEA, you start on a four year course - BSc science with foundation year. After year one, you can switch to another course (inc pharmacy) if you get the correct marks in your exams.

Ah right ok thanks. Also, do you have a choice about which uni you'd want to do pharmacy in? Or do you just stay at UEA?

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Reply 141

Matureb

Sorry, I can`t the answer that one. It would be up to other unis to decide if they would accept you. I don`t know anyone who tried it.

Reply 142

danyaaaaa

Original post by Emma Ramone

^ also, at a different uni, i applied for both pharmacy and their foundation course, and i got offers for both of them, not just one or the other.

Hey! just wondering what other foundation courses did you look at as i can't seem to find any that allow science students in! thanks :smile:

Reply 143

Hevinha

Does anyone know the cut off date for applying?

Reply 144

Hevinha

I was wondering, I want to go onto nursing after the foundation year do I mention this in my personal statement? As I obviously have to put a reason why I want to do the foundation year.

Reply 145

chicagowonderland

Got a unconditional for foundation year so after 16 days since I applied.

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missymorrison

Hello all, i'm applying this year (again). I applied last year and they wouldn't accept me without a Maths GCSE. So i have gone away and am currently taking GCSE Maths fast track (which is easier than i thought it would be!) and now i'm predicted a B-C.

Just thought i'd come here and chat to others about it! I really hope they will let me in this year *Crosses fingers*

Reply 147

chicagowonderland

I hope you pass your Maths GCSE missymorrison.

Reply 148

missymorrison

Thank you chicagowonderland :-) I'm doing great right now but when we get onto the complicated stuff it might start to go wrong haha!

Reply 149

chicagowonderland

Look at the criteria to get a B and C and make sure you know how to do the math equations greatly for those. The more complicated stuff you try your best as as well but don't stress yourself over it.

Reply 150

sbeg2520

Why are they taking ages to get back to me? :frown:

Reply 151

mrdoovde1

OMG I just realised you lucky people get a £4,500 bursary during the foundation year!!!

:eek:

Reply 152

chicagowonderland

sbeg2520 Think of it this way your still in the running for a place. When did you send your application off?

mrdoocdei Yeah I saw that as well but unless I see that amount of money when I go, I will be skeptical about the whole thing lol.

Reply 153

sbeg2520

Original post by chicagowonderland

sbeg2520 Think of it this way your still in the running for a place. When did you send your application off?

Sent my application off on 1st of December. I think they want interviews but they haven't even asked me for 1 yet.. o.O

Reply 154

chicagowonderland

Original post by sbeg2520

Sent my application off on 1st of December. I think they want interviews but they haven't even asked me for 1 yet.. o.O

Oh right maybe they are just taking their sweet time. Sometimes it seem universities are in no hurry to get back to applicants.

Reply 155

Jakelee

Original post by sbeg2520

Ah right ok thanks. Also, do you have a choice about which uni you'd want to do pharmacy in? Or do you just stay at UEA?

As im over halfway through my foundation year and got an interview with the Pharmacy department on Wednesday I can field that one.

Even if you make the grades (70% without a science a-level, 75% with) then you are not guaranteed a place.

I got 78% first semester and if I don't do well at the interview, or mess up my second semester then that's it.

So it's a good idea to find out what other uni's accept UEA's foundation year and apply for them later this year (when you first start the UEA course). Some of them ask for lower admission percentages then UEA. :smile:

Reply 156

chicagowonderland

So it's a good idea to find out what other uni's accept UEA's foundation year and apply for them later this year (when you first start the UEA course). Some of them ask for lower admission percentages then UEA. :smile:

Great advice on applying to other universities. Did you apply to other universities?