Will Brunel University Accept me if I take a foundation year?

Original post by Ta24.talha

Hi I’m 18 and just got my A-level results. I did a btec national extended diploma in engineering and at the end got an overall grade of DDM which unfortunately is a lot lower then accepted. Also I have decided that I will be taking a gap year to deal with some health issues. The required grade for the course I want to do (Mechanical Engineering) at the Brunel university is D*DD which is 2 grades higher then the grade I achieved. I was wondering that after my Gap year will Brunel University accept me for the Grade that I achieved if I took a foundation year?

Have you got an offer for a foundation course already? Foundation courses can be used as the requirements for getting in, but some unis may not accept them. You'll have to check the Brunel website

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OP

No I haven’t, but they do do a foundation year

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Original post by Ta24.talha

No I haven’t, but they do do a foundation year

Did you apply to uni this year?

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OP

Yes i did, I have a unconditional offer to hull but I can’t go to uni far from home due to health issues now so I decided to a gap year and apply to brunel

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Original post by Ta24.talha

Yes i did, I have a unconditional offer to hull but I can’t go to uni far from home due to health issues now so I decided to a gap year and apply to brunel

So what have you done on UCAS Track? You could contact Brunel on their Clearing hotline and see what they say - their requirements are the same for the BEng, MEng and placement year

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OP

I called them up just now 2 minutes ago, they said that the entry requirements for the course and the foundation year is DDD, there fore I won’t get accepted. However they said I could do a foundation year elsewhere and then go to brunel

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Original post by Ta24.talha

I called them up just now 2 minutes ago, they said that the entry requirements for the course and the foundation year is DDD, there fore I won’t get accepted. However they said I could do a foundation year elsewhere and then go to brunel

Really sorry to hear that. Is there somewhere else that you would consider for a foundation course? Or somewhere else that would consider you onto the BEng that is close enough?

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