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I just finished doing my bio,chem,business a levels and was thinking of going into med so am doing ucat on the 12th August.. a few days before a level results day. If my ucat score isn’t high enough/I get something like ABB on results day I’m thinking of going into pharmacy.My last year UCAT score was pretty bad since I had focused more on my school mocks around the same time so I didn’t get any med offers (I had AAA predicted). On results day if my grades are high enough, and this UCAT goes well could I potentially get a place in a uni by calling in if they’re on clearing? Also if I decide on going into pharmacy instead is there a way for me to go to uni this year instead of taking a gap year? I’m a little confused with this ucas stuff 😭 I’ve heard of ucas clearing and ucas extra but how can I get into a pharmacy course I want on results day or is gap year the best way?
I just finished doing my bio,chem,business a levels and was thinking of going into med so am doing ucat on the 12th August.. a few days before a level results day. If my ucat score isn’t high enough/I get something like ABB on results day I’m thinking of going into pharmacy.My last year UCAT score was pretty bad since I had focused more on my school mocks around the same time so I didn’t get any med offers (I had AAA predicted). On results day if my grades are high enough, and this UCAT goes well could I potentially get a place in a uni by calling in if they’re on clearing? Also if I decide on going into pharmacy instead is there a way for me to go to uni this year instead of taking a gap year? I’m a little confused with this ucas stuff 😭 I’ve heard of ucas clearing and ucas extra but how can I get into a pharmacy course I want on results day or is gap year the best way?
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