Retaking year 12, Need advice!!

I think most universities would be understanding of your situation as very few people would be able to do go through all that and come out with good grades. I'd just say contact the universities prior to applying and see what they say about it, ask to speak to the admissions tutor. And if it's all fine then ask your referee to mention it in your reference :-)

Thanks for the reply, I am trying to contact potential universities at the moment. However still not sure if i should drop As media, as its not considered a very good A level by most universities. No disrespect to the subject itself.

Good call :-)... I wouldn't really know what to say to you about that but what I do know is it's seen as a 'soft' a level whereas chemistry is seen as a 'hard' a level.

I just looked at UCL's entry requirements as well as Southampton and they only specifically require maths at a-level so I'd say if you would rather study media than chemistry then go for it. But do try to check with the universities .

I do enjoy media however i do also enjoy chemistry but the only thing is that i believe more work is required for chem then it is for media also it would be difficult (but not impossible) to get As media changed to chemistry as we are already 1 month into the course.

Thanks for you help

Yeah I know what you mean, and your other subjects have a heavy workload too. Would your college offer any help in catching up if you were to switch to chemistry?

If I was you I would just stick with media because your other subjects are really good and academic and media is fairly relevant to computer science in some ways. Plus it'd help with your work load.

Don't worry about it.

Most university's don't mind but of course it depends on the competitiveness of the course. You should probs email them and ask and they should tell you whether it matters or not. Your predicted grades are amazing so they should be ok with it, Umm it has been said that any subjects with ending in 'studies' is not that credited by Russell group uni's but of course that may just be rumour (I read it in the times somewhere) UCL obviously has high expectations being the top in the University League Table now... but you should be able to get in easily. Just make sure to contact them before you decide because it would be a waste of time if you find out that they don't take people who retook the year! Hope this helped!