HELP! Failed AS, want to retake

I failed my AS so bad! I want to retake a year but I don't think my school will let me. I want to go somewhere, actually I NEED to go somewhere else. But I asked one college already and they said they were full. I'm asking around? But has anyone been in this situation??? I just need advice because I am so scared its TOO late to get into somewhere and I'll be doing nothing for a year which is NOT an option!

I failed my AS's too, got U U U. Then I re sat and got A C C when I had finished which are good grades although TSR would think otherwise. I saw someone saying they weren't happy with AAB. Just give yourself a good talking to and re-sit Im at uni now. I think by law you are allowed to re sit them at your school, I didnt think they could say no?

It's not too late to go somewhere else. Some colleges are still taking in pupils within the first 2-3 weeks of September. Keep calling around and hopefully they'll be some places left in other colleges
Good Luck

Just keep asking round.
If the worst happens and you can't find somewhere, would you be comfortable teaching yourself? Because that's an option, though you would need to find a center to sit your exams.

I will but at the moment I'm not very optimistic, I'm even trying private school. I don't know about teaching myself I'm not that confident, especially as the subjects I do (biology, chemistry, maths, psychology) are not very easy..

I failed my AS's too, got U U U. Then I re sat and got A C C when I had finished which are good grades although TSR would think otherwise. I saw someone saying they weren't happy with AAB. Just give yourself a good talking to and re-sit Im at uni now. I think by law you are allowed to re sit them at your school, I didnt think they could say no?

I failed my AS last year, got DEED lol

My college refused to accept me too retake the year, so asked all the colleges where I live to retake, one college accepted me luckily. The difference was I wired a lot harder, the exam boards changed and I came out with 3 A's and merrit in BTEC

My first recommendation would be to actually contact your school to see if they will let you retake. But I would only do this if you definately cannot retake half of the exams in Jan and half in June - I'm not too sure about the Governments new measures. I achieved fairly similar grades to you in more or less the same subjects and I came out with ABB. I decided to defer for a year and I am now going off to uni this year. My teachers offered to let me back for year 13 as I was 1 UMS of an A in History, 3 off an A in Chemistry and 5 off an A* in Biology. I personally didn't do it because I needed to earn some money for personal reasons. If you have an option to re-sit at the end of year 13 though I would highly recommend that as an option as well.

I'd be willing to help (got a long wait before the GCSE results get released ). If you'd like my assisstance PM me the area in which you live and I could try locating some colleges for you
Plus I'll be doing Chemistry, Maths and possibly Biology and so will many other users on here. So if it comes down to self teaching, TSR will be a great help to you

What is TSR? You improved drastically and that's all that matters! My predicted grades were ABB and I completely ****ed up by getting DDU. I know exactly what I need to do when I resit, I'm also getting some scripts back. My school at the beginning of the year said they don't have funding for that but they are so rich so I don't really understand, maybe it was an insentive for us to work hard. What uni do you go to? Did they ask about why you resat the year?

TSR is just short for saying The Student Room lol. And no they didn't ask why I re sat, didnt have an interview or anything though, probably because I go to Leeds Met but still its better than no university, which is what wouldve happened if I had given up and not re sat.

I failed my AS so bad! I want to retake a year but I don't think my school will let me. I want to go somewhere, actually I NEED to go somewhere else. But I asked one college already and they said they were full. I'm asking around? But has anyone been in this situation??? I just need advice because I am so scared its TOO late to get into somewhere and I'll be doing nothing for a year which is NOT an option!

In the same position as you, it is a horrible feeling. If you get a college, are you looking to studying the same subjects or changing them?

Best of luck, and I am sure you will find a place x


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It is the worst feeling I've felt so far, such disappointment to me and my family. I'm trying to decide I don't think chemistry was the best descision for me I'm thinking of swapping it for physics as I'm quite interested in that career but I'm scared it would hard! What are you doing at the moment?
Thank you!