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You can absolutely take the UCAT on the summer after your A levels. The summer is very long indeed and the UCAT test window closes in September, so you'll have plenty of time to recuperate from your A levels before tackling the UCAT. And since I assume you've already taken it last year for your Medicine application, you'll be more mentally prepared. At least I found I was more mentally prepared when I sat my UCAT for the second time around (and I aced it, and I didn't even give myself a break from my A levels before jumping into UCAT revision, so don't worry too much about it)
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You can probably start psychology and do some dentistry experience on the side but this is ill-advised. You'd manage to do both alright, but I assume that dentistry courses, much like medicine, are very picky when it comes to students that have dropped out of other degrees. So you need to do your research on which universities you could potentially apply to do dentistry after having dropped out. I suspect you'll be able to apply to some places but your options will be severely limited. Plus, this way, you'd be getting yourself an extra year of student debt, which no one wants.
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Gap years aren't bad at all. You can go see your friends at their respective universities and keep in touch. And taking a gap year is way to move on with your life. Maybe not in the way you want but it is still going forward. It's not like life is a race anyway. And it's only a year, it'll go by very quick and before you know it you'll be off to university. And you can use gap years to your advantage and do all sorts of great things in them.
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You can absolutely take the UCAT on the summer after your A levels. The summer is very long indeed and the UCAT test window closes in September, so you'll have plenty of time to recuperate from your A levels before tackling the UCAT. And since I assume you've already taken it last year for your Medicine application, you'll be more mentally prepared. At least I found I was more mentally prepared when I sat my UCAT for the second time around (and I aced it, and I didn't even give myself a break from my A levels before jumping into UCAT revision, so don't worry too much about it)
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You can probably start psychology and do some dentistry experience on the side but this is ill-advised. You'd manage to do both alright, but I assume that dentistry courses, much like medicine, are very picky when it comes to students that have dropped out of other degrees. So you need to do your research on which universities you could potentially apply to do dentistry after having dropped out. I suspect you'll be able to apply to some places but your options will be severely limited. Plus, this way, you'd be getting yourself an extra year of student debt, which no one wants.
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Gap years aren't bad at all. You can go see your friends at their respective universities and keep in touch. And taking a gap year is way to move on with your life. Maybe not in the way you want but it is still going forward. It's not like life is a race anyway. And it's only a year, it'll go by very quick and before you know it you'll be off to university. And you can use gap years to your advantage and do all sorts of great things in them.
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