Hi, Im a year 12 student wanting to do medicine. I’ve moved back to the uk last august and unfortunately since I wouldn’t have lived in the uk three years prior to the start of my academic year of university, I would be considered an international student. Since I can not afford that, i've been forced to take a gap year so I would be considered a home student when I apply. I was wondering about the timeline for applying to universities after a gap year. From my understanding, I would apply around October after year 13, however wouldn’t that mean i've actually only got a few months after college to build my application instead of a year off? Thats not really a whole year to build my application as everyone says it is? Im just really confused... hope someone can help