Hello all,
I am a mature 38 year old, I am wanting to go study Physics at Sheffield, I am currently enrolled and about to start college to get my GCSES.
After I finish this course, I wanted to do an Access to HE Science course and then apply for a Physics degree (preferably at sheffield), but I’ve seen people here mention doing a foundation year instead, something Sheffield offers.
Would I be able to get onto a foundation year for a physics degree with just having a few GCSEs in Maths, English and Combined Science, and being a mature student? And would that foundation year prepare me for the proper degree, in terms of maths knowledge etc? Is it the same sort of studying as the access course, covering similar study skills and building up the same key knowledge for the real degree?
Because my initial plan was to do the access course, then move from that into the foundation year, then into the degree. But from what I saw a few people mention here, would that just be a waste of a year, doing the same thing twice over?
Very confused here hah so apologies for all the questions!