Hi! Sorry to butt in but I'm hoping to study P & O starting September 2014 and I was wondering if you could give me some advice? Sorry if this is the wrong thread to be asking in, or if I ask something really obvious, but I figured if you have experience in the whole applying process and the course itself you may be able to give me a little help...?
I'm basically kinda worried about when to apply. My school held a meeting today for everyone doing courses requiring early entry, and although the pages for Salford/Strathclyde didn't explicitly say that early entry was required, they didn't say it wasn't either and it's got me a little worried
plus the meeting wasn't exactly positive and I'm now really scared my exam results from this year are going to bar me from going and
(please don't laugh but I really, really want to study this)
I'm also not sure if I'm doing the right kind of subjects for the course - I'm doing Maths, Further Maths, Physics and German for AS but I'll be dropping Further Maths at the end of this month. I reckon I can get my grades for my other subjects up to the requirement grades next year, BUT I'm not sure if they're the right kinds of subjects. I did consider dropping German and carrying on Further Maths, but German relaxes me whilst Further Maths is my biggest source of stress, plus I doubt I can get above a low B in Further Maths (I've been working on it in any spare moment I have and I've come to face that no amount of work will get it up to an A) whilst German I'm confident I can manage.
Lastly, I'm going to apply to both Salford and Strathclyde, but also considering that if I get rejected I could take a gap year, get a job, do a ton of work experience and come back next year with a stronger application. Is this a good idea? My teachers don't totally support gap years as far as I know and I haven't put this past them because they want me to do Physics but I'd just prefer to do prosthetics and orthotics so, so much and it's stressing me out a little
one last thing (I'm so sorry) do you have any recommendations on things to read pertaining to this course? I saw a few pages back that there wasn't a reading list for undergraduates but my school is asking for me to read 10-12 books over the summer and I honestly don't know where to start with Prosthetics and Orthotics...
Sorry to post so much, I hope you can help!