with my uni in clearing. Considering a gap year but seems like a bad idea
I am 20 and completed an access course and initially had Bristol and Exeter as my firm and insurance for computer science.
For context with the access course you take exams through out the year and not in 1 big month like with a levels.
This mean I knew what my grades were and was keeping track of my grades. I did well for most of the year but then I Covid and had some overdue exams I was completing other exams so those exams got got out on the back but I was doing well. Towards the end of the year my teacher mention that I need to pick dates to do them so I agreed and started tackling does exams every other week.
I did the first exam and got a distinction (A*) and then I was supposed to the exam next week. My teacher at this point was heavily pregnant and was due to leave for maternity. I got into class late one day and I was shouted for being late and then had given me these options either do the rest of the exams next week or be capped at a pass (D). This meant that I had to learn 4 units (each unit needing about a month) in 1 week.
This was because my teacher needed leave for maternity reasons which was fair…. But I kinda got really screwed over. I had to cover all of calculus. series and trig in a week and I ended doing terrible in 3 of them and ok in 1. (Differentiation)
We also finished 1 month and half earlier than other colleges….
I’m just abit upset about it all and now I’m going uni of Kent and ngl the uni has its positives it’s close to London, The course it’s self pretty decent, too
the buildings are modern and it seems all around pretty decent.
A friend has told me to take a gap year and redo the access course but except at his previous college. (My college was pretty dreadful) initially I thought this was silly but filled my head dreams of going to KCL and Bristol so now I just feel sad that I’m not going.
I considering it more and more each day but I know it’s probably a bad idea that I won’t do.
I’m scared that I’m starting uni too late and this will be perceived negatively and that it’s not worth another year out as well as parents pressure to go uni?
Tldr:
Is taking another gap year worth it to resit and go to top ranked unis(KCL Bristol), or do I just stay at uni of Kent
Sorry if this post comes off poorly