Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me, I'm an AS student looking for 2017 Uni entrance but am really unsure about my feelings towards going to university. I really want to get the higher education needed in order to become either a clinical psychologist or performance psychologist (depending on where the market is so I'm keeping my options fairly open) but I just can't bear the thought of leaving home and my horses.
I have been competing since I was little and plan to continue to do so throughout my studies but it is too expensive to take one or two to board with me wherever I go. My simple answer would be to go to the University of Birmingham and keep a couple of my horses with a local family friend. UOB is high on the league tables, my parents went there, so did my great aunt and uncle. However, the entry requirements are quite an ask considering how my exams are going...
I'm currently sitting my AS-level exams in: Biology (averaging D), Psychology (A), English Language (B/A) and Film Studies (A) and I was planning on dropping English but I'm doing really badly at Biology (D's) because I'm practically teaching myself (I don't like to blame teaching but there's no real teaching to even speak of...)! If I don't get the necessary AAA or AAB (if I continue Biology) to be considered for UOB, I really don't know what I'm going to do. Deep down, I know that I'd much rather just spend all day everyday riding, but horses are an expensive habit that needs long term funding which can only reliably come from a degree and possible masters/pHD.
Please, if anyone has any advice on what I should do, I would be very grateful for any help. Thank you.