i’m not in year 11 or 13. i’m doing IAS and living in another country but my family were planning to move back to the UK this summer after my IGCSE exams, and then covid hit. now i have to start on IAS with my current school, online for the entire year, but won’t sit the exams. i was planning in sitting physics, because once i move back to the UK i’ll have to go into year 12 (and i hope to take psych if i do) as a) i’m doing CIE IAS, whereas in the UK i wouldn’t be, and b) i’d be sixteen (i took my IGCSEs early).
now with a second lockdown on the horizon in the UK, and the closures of school where i live, i have no idea what the hell i’m supposed to do. am i meant to treat this as if i was doing year 12? or will this year be of zero importance since i’ll end up re doing year 12 if i move to the UK? i might not even be able to move back because of this mess. even if we do move back during this academic year, i won’t be able to transfer to a sixth form because it’d be too late into the year, so i’d end up wasting a year.
i was hoping to do some hospital work experience at least (aiming for medicine), but cases are on the rise so i won’t be able to.
even worse is that i’m aiming for med at cambridge, but if i’m abroad will i even be able to apply through UCAS as a UK citizen?
and my mental health has gone down the drain. so things are pretty *****y atm.