Can I still do astrophysics?

Hi I'm a 16 year old who just got her results and unfortunately didn't get onto the physics a level course as I was two marks off. As a result, I am having to take law and business but im taking maths aswell. I've always wanted to be an astrophysicist, is there any way that anyone knows of that I could still achieve this?

Hi I'm a 16 year old who just got her results and unfortunately didn't get onto the physics a level course as I was two marks off. As a result, I am having to take law and business but im taking maths aswell. I've always wanted to be an astrophysicist, is there any way that anyone knows of that I could still achieve this?

Hi I'm a 16 year old who just got her results and unfortunately didn't get onto the physics a level course as I was two marks off. As a result, I am having to take law and business but im taking maths aswell. I've always wanted to be an astrophysicist, is there any way that anyone knows of that I could still achieve this?

If you're only two marks off the GCSE grade you need to access Physics A level, have you considered using you exam board's Review of Marking service?

May I ask what your grade was at GCSE maths?

It was a high 6

I have considered it with my parents however i have been told that if they find no marking error then I would have to pay for the service and unfortunately payment is not a viable option for me

Cool. There was a young woman who was a regular poster on here who was very keen on astronomy but struggling with maths. I think she managed to get a place at university. Will try to remember her name to see if you could check her posts.

I think your big aim is to get decent grades and really focus on maths. There will be options for foundation years if you can get a grade in maths A level.

What do you like about astrophysics?

That is correct, unfortunately. How about using their free Access to Script service then? This will allow you and your teachers to review your marked exam papers to see if you've been under-marked. In most cases you have immediate on-line access to you papers (although for AQA allow 10 days).

If your teachers can see that you've been under-marked by at least two marks, and that you should really be at the next grade up, you could try to use that to persuade them to allow you onto A level Physics even without having to pay money to the exam board.

(BTW, the rule isn't that "if they find no marking error then I would have to pay" - it's actually worse than that. You have to pay unless there's a grade change. So you could be 10 marks under the boundary, gain 9 marks via a Review of Marking, and still have to pay. )

I like the concepts of black holes, multiverse theorem and the concept of space and things like that

Wow - that is proper theoretical physics/ astrophysics. Hopefully I can find the womans name as she did lots of research to find ideas and routes in. Will think of some ideas - there will be opportunities open to you if can focus on A level maths.