Around aged 15, I missed the last few years of my secondary school education due to illness and ended up with no GCSEs or alevels. I decided to do an access course when I was 19 to make it onto a degree. The access course was pretty useless but at the time I just really wanted to 'catch up' with my peers so I took the route that was faster than A levels.I am now on a forensic science degree about to enter my final year. I believe that I could get a first or at least a 2:1 and I had decided to pay to take my A levels this year to apply for Dentistry. I have even done the required work experience with two dentists so far, however, I've recently been thrown by this statement on the admissions requirements of some of the courses I've looked at so far:'Graduates are required to have obtained a First/2:1 pass in the first degree. In addition to this a minimum of BBB at A-level, including Biology and Chemistry, from before the first degree started and GCSE B grades in English Language, Maths and Physics are also required.'The A level had to have been completed BEFORE my degree. Why?? I'm so confused about this and don't understand how this is fair if I manage to gain good A Level results. Does anyone have advice about this? I honestly feel so depressed that it seems there's literally nothing that I could do since I cannot turn back time. There are so few dentistry courses as it is... What are my options in this case? I simply cannot study dentistry in the UK??
Any advice appreciated. Thank you