Backup plan for getting into physio?

Just in case i dn't meet the entry requirements on results day i need to come up with a backup plan. I repeated a yr at school this yr already to gt into physio so im all out of ideas. I know im bein negative and all....... bt if i ws to pick a course through clearin and do it for a yr before applyin to physio again next yr wt course would i be advised to do??

Reply 1

JackieS

11

**gemma**

Just in case i dn't meet the entry requirements on results day i need to come up with a backup plan. I repeated a yr at school this yr already to gt into physio so im all out of ideas. I know im bein negative and all....... bt if i ws to pick a course through clearin and do it for a yr before applyin to physio again next yr wt course would i be advised to do??

from my personal experience I wouldn't do another degree and then go into physio and Iw ouldn't start a degree only then to quit after a year...........both options have affects on funding and I wouldn't advocate that to anyone lol PLus, I don't think it would look too good on your application that you started another degree but didn't finish. I know you've already done it, but I think the best thing to do would be to take another year out and reply. Get a job as a physio assistant or something else related to earn money and just keep applying till you get in.........................

Reply 2

jinglepupskye

14

What Jackie said is correct.

If you really want to go to uni this year rather than wait and reapply I would do a relevant to physio foundation degree and complete it. That way your funding for the physio degree is protected and you will have gained practical experience.

I would suggest either Sports Therapy or Complementary Therapies for the foundation degree. It will take two years but that is not a bad thing really given the current lack of graduate jobs available. So you will have five years before having to find a physio job!

You should use the two years to make sure that your A level grades are as high as possible, resitting modules if need be. You don't necessarily need to sit in a school to repeat them.

Reply 3

iainmacn

10

I seem to recall that Liverpool/John Moore do a foundation year at the start of physio - might be worth looking at if you miss the taregt grades

then again if you're going to take another year over it you might as well re-do your A levels or something?

Reply 4

**gemma**

OP

iainmacn

I seem to recall that Liverpool/John Moore do a foundation year at the start of physio

I'll check that out. Thanks every1 for all your advice.

Reply 5

iainmacn

10

PM me if you can't find the course and I'll dig out detailss - a friend of mine was interested :smile:

Reply 6

**gemma**

OP

I found all the details and stuff but it says the deadline for applyin ws in May. I had no idea that course even existed. If i dnt meet the grades on results day i mite beg them to let me in2 that foundation course if there is no way they can let me in2 the 3yr one i have an offer 4.

Reply 7

iainmacn

10

if somewhere thinks you're a good prospect but underperformed and they have spaces on the Access course I'd say you were in with a good chance - they won't want a course to run with spare capacity

I've worked as a teacher until recently and every year on results day I see students who miss their target grades ring up and get offered places on other courses. There's no guarantee of course but it's definitely worth a shot :biggrin:

Reply 8

x_jessi_x

hi, i messed up my biology exams and knew i wouldn't make the grade that i was offered at sheffield hallam, which was a b, however i have now got an unconditional offer at sheffield hallam doing a health and social care profession degree, its only a year long so i can then enrol on their physio course when i complete it, as well as that it also gives me the opportunity of looking at other health care professions like radiography and O.T and i would be able to enrol on one of those courses if i changed my mind.

Reply 9

jinglepupskye

14

x_jessi_x

hi, i messed up my biology exams and knew i wouldn't make the grade that i was offered at sheffield hallam, which was a b, however i have now got an unconditional offer at sheffield hallam doing a health and social care profession degree, its only a year long so i can then enrol on their physio course when i complete it, as well as that it also gives me the opportunity of looking at other health care professions like radiography and O.T and i would be able to enrol on one of those courses if i changed my mind.

May I just point out that this course is actually a foundation course in preparation for a degree, not a degree course in its own right. Just in case anyone gets confused!