Please if you see this can you help me!

Hi, I have applied to 5 of my uni choices already via ucas for medical science/ biomedical science. I have already received offers and it’s past the 14 day change ur choice time period so I can’t change them. I now want to do nursing ( Yh I know a big jump) what do I do???? Do I wait for results day then take a gap year??? Or do I wait for results day then do clearing or adjustment ( as the entry requirements for the subjects I’ve applied to are higher than nursing)????? Or do I wait to get into one of my five unis that also do a nursing course then transfer from medical science to nursing ????? I’m so stuck and Lost honestly. Help anyone !

Don't nursing courses require you to demonstrate commitment via work experience, volunteering etc?

I can offer much help but maybe email UCAS themselves, they have changed some things for some people past the 14 days once they've emailed them explaining what situation they're in, maybe try the same, or at least ask them for advice on the next steps you can take?

You could try emailing any of your options that also do a nursing course you'd be interested in, and ask if they'd consider a course change (and potentially a replacement personal statement, since yours won't be focused on nursing). They don't have to let you do this, but definitely worth emailing to find out - just be aware you likely won't get a reply for a little while since most uni admissions departments are closed for the holidays.

Hi OP!
First of all well done to you! how amazing - great end to 2020 with the offers

Here are some options of what you could do:

1) Contact UCAS see what they say

2) Go through clearing later in 2021 and see what nursing courses are available (many fill up quickly though so you may not get the uni you want)

3) directly contact admissions at the universities you want to go to and see if there are any places on nursing courses

4) contact the admissions team uni you have chose for your 1st choice and see if there's any way you can somehow swap?

5) take a gap year, enjoy 2021 as much as possible, relax and take a break from academia and prepare for uni and reapply for nursing for next year

6) Complete your degree and then do a masters in nursing (can take 2 years if you've done a health related degree)


Be aware that nursing courses are competitive, do not assume that because your original course asks for less UCAs points that it is easier to get on. You will need to prove you have work experience etc.

Good luck OP

You've got this

Happy Christmas

Don't nursing courses require you to demonstrate commitment via work experience, volunteering etc?

Not in the sense of "I've spent x amount of weeks on work experience in a nursing home and y amount of time volunteering for the local hospice". Those types of experiences are theoretically great, however unless you can use it to say why you'll make a good nurse and how it demonstrates the 6 Cs, they're completely useless.
My work as a HCA in the operating department at the local hospital was only a small part of my personal statement for nursing degree (mostly for talking about compassion) - I actually worked in being a languages assistant for a year, playing in a brass band, and volunteering for the National Trust to demonstrate commitment, communication and organisational skills more than I did being a HCA.

Yh, they do but I do have those experiences and skills as before applying for medical science at ucas, I actually wanted to apply to medicine since I was in secondary school so I was part of kids of programmes, task workshops etc but that plan quickly changed when I didn’t choose biology for alevel

That's good.

I'm confused about your Biology comment though. You don't need it to apply for Medicine, it just restricts the universities to which you can apply.

I initially wanted to apply for medicine but I could not even find one university that’s accepts Alevel Chemistry along with Btec applied science ( that’s worth one alevel not 3)

Hi, I have applied to 5 of my uni choices already via ucas for medical science/ biomedical science. I have already received offers and it’s past the 14 day change ur choice time period so I can’t change them. I now want to do nursing ( Yh I know a big jump) what do I do???? Do I wait for results day then take a gap year??? Or do I wait for results day then do clearing or adjustment ( as the entry requirements for the subjects I’ve applied to are higher than nursing)????? Or do I wait to get into one of my five unis that also do a nursing course then transfer from medical science to nursing ????? I’m so stuck and Lost honestly. Help anyone !