Optometry Students 2015

Ive not got my grades yet. School opens at 9. And hey congrats!

Bradford changed my course for unconditional biomedical sciences and thats not what i want to do.. Anyway i can do optometry now? Feel soo depresed

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Thanks man hope it works our for u

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What grades are Bradford looking at for Optometry in clearing?

I got ACD... no chance to get into optom anymore..

Why not take a year out, resit the C/D and reapply for Optom? This isn't the end!

I tried really hard, if i take a gap year there is no guarantee i would get the grades, which then would be a waste of year

I got into Manchester!!!!! Yay!!

I got ACD... no chance to get into optom anymore..

I got into Cardiff!

I got in as well , did you get an email from manchester uni itself?

I got A in maths C in bio and physics plus D* in business studies and a B in AS further maths and got into Manchester for optometry!!! So there is a chance

I know the feeling. Honestly, I know it may seem really crappy now, but I'd recommend a gap year and reapplying - here's why:

So last year, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I got ABB in my A2s. I had worked my ass off and was predicted AAA, so I was pretty disappointed. I hadn't applied to uni at all in Year 13 as my heart wasn't set on any particular career/subject even though I knew I wanted to do something sciencey. (This was before I discovered Optom)

I decided to take a gap year to get experience in different professions and see what I liked, and I wanted to resit those Bs and get them to As to widen my options. It was a tough decision because all my friends had applied to uni, and they knew exactly what they were doing and I was just there like . But I knew I needed to take a gap year because I didn't want to apply for some random course I didn't care about just for the sake of going to uni.
In that gap year, the work experience I did made me realise how much I loved what Optometrists' did, and it came in handy when writing my personal statement.

So, as soon as September started last year, I studied my ass off. Again. I retaught myself modules, forced myself to do practice papers over an over until I was sick of them, and came in to school in May to resit those Bs, and today it paid off!
Believe me, it sucked not knowing if my gap year was gonna even pay off, and I've never cried so much in the space of one year from the stress of it all, LOL. But I'm so glad I did it.

So why take a gap year?
-You can improve your grades that you need for your course
-Can get additional work experience to make yourself stand out from other applicants (and the more work experience you have, the more likely you are to be accepted by a uni if you were to miss a grade)
- You can save up money for uni AND get additional work experience by getting a parttime job in an Opticians.

If Optometry is something you're deeply passionate about (sounds like it! )then I'd honestly recommend going down this route. Good luck with everything!

Same here! Well done!!

I think im taking a gap year

YAY! Congrats! I shall see you there! Know any other TSR members going there?