Having had my heart set on medicine for so long but it can't happen anymore

Can you not take them as an external candidate or do the exams without school funding ?

I had my heart set on medicine since year 9 I was so convinced I will be a doctor for so long I got a good set of gcses now I am in year 13 and I won't sit my a level maths and chemistry as I was getting straight u's for the past 2 years and had no improvement I am only sitting my a level biology exam maybe I will get a B in it. I had offers from universities to study biology but now I will need to withdraw them.

My school suggested I do 2 different a levels in a year I was initially happy however now they said looking at time table the year 12 and 13 classes clash so I may need to go to a different sixth form or 1 a level in 1 year and do a 2nd one the year after in a different college but I don't want to spend 4 years doing a levels.

I have been trying to stay positive despite having treatment resistant depression for 2 years. But I am starting to feel very down I know I need to focus on my biology exam. I feel like nothing is working out for me. I am scared of going to a different sixth form as they won't know me and will be a new environment it doesn't help that I have autism

This will probably sound very cliche but if you have your heart set on something you can achieve it no matter what. If you don't want to spend another 4 years doing A levels have you considered other possible routes into medicine? For example you could apply for a Biomedical Science degree and apply for post-graduate medicine afterwards?

Have you thought about an access course for bio med then applying for graduate medicine after.

This will probably sound very cliche but if you have your heart set on something you can achieve it no matter what.

I had my heart set on medicine since year 9 I was so convinced I will be a doctor for so long I got a good set of gcses now I am in year 13 and I won't sit my a level maths and chemistry as I was getting straight u's for the past 2 years and had no improvement I am only sitting my a level biology exam maybe I will get a B in it. I had offers from universities to study biology but now I will need to withdraw them.

My school suggested I do 2 different a levels in a year I was initially happy however now they said looking at time table the year 12 and 13 classes clash so I may need to go to a different sixth form or 1 a level in 1 year and do a 2nd one the year after in a different college but I don't want to spend 4 years doing a levels.

I have been trying to stay positive despite having treatment resistant depression for 2 years. But I am starting to feel very down I know I need to focus on my biology exam. I feel like nothing is working out for me. I am scared of going to a different sixth form as they won't know me and will be a new environment it doesn't help that I have autism

Not to sound harsh, but if you have been getting Us in your A-Levels, do you really think you will cope with a medical degree, especially when you are also struggling with mental health issues? Maybe right now is not the best time to be applying for medicine?

Everyone can dream and everyone can hope that things will improve if I didn't wake up everyday hoping that each day will be better I wouldn't be here anymore.

I get what black tea is saying. Do you feel like your mental health issues are holding you back from doing well in Chemistry and Maths, or could it be that those just aren't 'your subjects'? Everyone has subjects that they are weaker in (either due to lack of skill or interest), so it might be worth having a think about the subjects you know that you can excel in.

Can I ask what your motivation is for studying Medicine?

If I am honest chemistry wasn't very interesting at all and maths didn't make much sense to me (pure was not too bad but mechanics and statistics were a nightmare).

I get what black tea is saying. Do you feel like your mental health issues are holding you back from doing well in Chemistry and Maths, or could it be that those just aren't 'your subjects'? Everyone has subjects that they are weaker in (either due to lack of skill or interest), so it might be worth having a think about the subjects you know that you can excel in.

Can I ask what your motivation is for studying Medicine?