Failed my A-levels... AGAIN!!! What do i do now??

I'm going seem unsympathetic harsh mostly because I am.

Its your own fault. I managed I think 6 GCSE`s. I failed my first set of a-levels. But now I'm 24 I'm sat on a HNC in Mechanical engineering at distinction grade. An extended diploma in engineering D*D*D* and 3 A-levels at A* grade. Maths, further maths and physics.

I made it happen. You can too.

Your options are to go to a piss poor university through clearing. Heck you even picked Aston as where you wanted to go as your first choice. Have some level of aspiration.

You can go back into education, make no excuses and get the job done and go to a good university. Ultimately you are going to put yourself in a lot of debt. Don't you want something decent in return for that?

Admittedly it is totally my fault for failing the first time and trust me no one has been more harsh on myself than me, but I appreciate your honesty. I have been so motivated by my failure because (this may sound stupid to you) but I never understood the true importance of a level until it has just passed and I really want to be as successful as possible. Can you give me some information on how and where you got your diploma from

Have a look into the many alternatives to university? I know uni seems like the easiest/ safest/ best option when you're doing A levels, but it's a lot of debt for potentially very little gain (if you go to a rubbish uni/ do a doss subject/ get a poor grade). From what you've said, it sounds like maybe exams aren't really your thing - something more practical such as an engineering apprenticeship may suit you better. As I speak, there's an advert at the top of TSR for IT apprentices at CGI. During my internship this summer at Rolls-Royce, I've met several of their higher apprentices and it sounds like they're on a very good scheme - decent pay, excellent career prospects, very well structured training programme, and some opportunities to do a degree (paid for by the company) later on if they do well.

Oh no I learnt the hard way and was in a very similar position to you.

A local college. I worked for a year then decided to carry on in education. I did my a-levels alongside my diploma. I was put on the HNC by my last work place post college. I was planning to go to university however now I have the ILL trying to head hunt me so that may be put off for another year.

Im 19 years old and have retaken my last year and had to self teach because my school didn't let me attend lessons. Last year when I got my result I achieved a CDE in maths chemistry and physics and was extremely disappointed.

This year i started revising around February and was trying much harder but i believe think my revision technique was wrong but i think i might have got - B in maths C in chemistry and D in physics. I don't know what happened but two weeks before the exams started i started to feel depressed and had anxiety for no reason, but i was still getting As in past papers.
I applied for chemical engineering at aston university with an entry requirement of BBB.

i have been thinking and come to the conclusion that i might not be suited to do any engineering degree even tho i love maths (but i hate physics). So i have been doing research for the last few weeks and still haven't come with an answer on what i want to do as a degree and in life.

After looking around I was first interested in a maths degree because i am interested in maths but since failing twice i have real doubt if I can do it as a degree. Then i thought of doing computer science but i have never done programming and recently i have thought about accounting and finance but i have never done accounting, economics or business at a level (only gcse business) and my tariff points is only 240.

Resitting again is not an option!!! I have been extremely depressed and feel as if i will never be happy again. i feel extremely disappointed and know that i have everyone down and i don't know what to do in life. I really need help and advise on what to do..........


(and please no trolls or people who are just going to say im stupid and should just work in asda)

ill??

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but have you looked into foundation years?

I have already looked into a few apprenticeships but for me the only reason for me not looking more is because I think it can be risky especially if no matter how hard I try there are going to be people out there with much better grades and a degree. also telling my parent that I don't want to go to university might be a huge disappointment (I come from an uneducated family)

How is it risky? You have a good chance of being offered a 'proper' job with the company afterwards (or at least you do if you're doing your apprenticeship with a large employer, not so sure if it's with a smaller company) and since you're not paying anything you're not risking anything other than your time...

Most people with better grades or a degree won't be applying for apprenticeships - so there's not much need to worry about too much competition from other applicants Once you've completed your apprenticeship and worked for a couple of years, employers aren't all that bothered whether you have a degree or not - experience becomes more important. There's always the option to do a degree later on anyway

Meh, just bear it in mind as something to consider

yes I have but foundation degrees are mostly for people who have come from completely different backgrounds but the only foundation degrees i have been interested in are maths related such as accounting or computer science and even then people say i can go into them course with just a b in level maths and be fine without a level computing or economics/business/accounting.

someone already suggested geology but if you know of any other courses to look into i would appreciate it

i definitely would, thank you!
have you ever had any experience will an apprenticeship or do you know anyone that has? because i have cousin who studied mechatronics at uni and decided after his first year that an apprenticeship would be better and found it difficult to find a place

Im 19 years old and have retaken my last year and had to self teach because my school didn't let me attend lessons. Last year when I got my result I achieved a CDE in maths chemistry and physics and was extremely disappointed.

This year i started revising around February and was trying much harder but i believe think my revision technique was wrong but i think i might have got - B in maths C in chemistry and D in physics. I don't know what happened but two weeks before the exams started i started to feel depressed and had anxiety for no reason, but i was still getting As in past papers.
I applied for chemical engineering at aston university with an entry requirement of BBB.

i have been thinking and come to the conclusion that i might not be suited to do any engineering degree even tho i love maths (but i hate physics). So i have been doing research for the last few weeks and still haven't come with an answer on what i want to do as a degree and in life.

After looking around I was first interested in a maths degree because i am interested in maths but since failing twice i have real doubt if I can do it as a degree. Then i thought of doing computer science but i have never done programming and recently i have thought about accounting and finance but i have never done accounting, economics or business at a level (only gcse business) and my tariff points is only 240.

Resitting again is not an option!!! I have been extremely depressed and feel as if i will never be happy again. i feel extremely disappointed and know that i have everyone down and i don't know what to do in life. I really need help and advise on what to do..........


(and please no trolls or people who are just going to say im stupid and should just work in asda)

You don't need programming experience for comp science. They will teach you that first year. although knowing some is an advantage. Not to worry though, you can easily self teach programming. There are a lot of resources online

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I have a litte experience with HTML and python but it is just the basic "Hello World" and stuff. Do you study computer science ?

i definitely would, thank you!
have you ever had any experience will an apprenticeship or do you know anyone that has? because i have cousin who studied mechatronics at uni and decided after his first year that an apprenticeship would be better and found it difficult to find a place