[penguin90]

I don’t know what degree I want to do.

It seems like a very important decision and I don’t know how I got myself into this situation but I don’t know what to do. I have been clinging onto Biochemistry because I don’t know what else to pick, but the thought of it really doesn’t excite me at all. I don't want to take a year off to help me decide, because another year of trying to make this decision would just be hell for me

I want to keep my options open and choose something that is broad, but most natural sciences degrees are very competitive and I would be setting myself up for failure because I only have Chemistry and Biology at A Level.
To complicate matters I took up AS Level maths in order to apply for biochemistry at Oxford, but I don’t think I want to do biochemistry any more, plus I’m doing really badly in the maths. I just want to go back to doing French (which is the A Level I dropped to take up maths).

I know I want to apply to Manchester, probably for Life sciences (or apply for something else then if I get there beg to be let onto the course), and Lancaster (probably) because it’s near home. I also want to apply to Leeds – does anyone know anything about their natural sciences course?

[anna_spanner89]

do you WANT to go university? don't go for the sake of it

[imomo16]

Instead of panicking, pick up some prospectuses, go and have a look round a few universities and take some time to think of what you really want to do, maybe go and see a careers advisor. You'll regret it so much if you go for the wrong course or uni. You have until January after all, so try and calm down. If you really have no idea what you want then a gap year is probably advisable.