Doing an access to HE course science-life science w/ plans of potentially doing GEM
Hello!
So I recently got my A level results and basically didn't do well because at the time of my exams I unfortunately lost 2 family members and my old school basically said they weren't going to allow me to resit with them so I have started a access to HE course science instead as I can't afford to resit without any support and tutoring is so much money and there's only so much support they can provide. I have always been passionate about pursuing a career in medicine and graduate entry is my only option as most of the undergraduate medicine courses that allow access courses are for mature students and I just turned 19 but I was wondering if anyone has gone through a similar experience and what undergraduate they pursued. I was planning on applying for pharmacy as my undergraduate.
Thanks in advance for your responses and sorry for rambling 😅
So I recently got my A level results and basically didn't do well because at the time of my exams I unfortunately lost 2 family members and my old school basically said they weren't going to allow me to resit with them so I have started a access to HE course science instead as I can't afford to resit without any support and tutoring is so much money and there's only so much support they can provide. I have always been passionate about pursuing a career in medicine and graduate entry is my only option as most of the undergraduate medicine courses that allow access courses are for mature students and I just turned 19 but I was wondering if anyone has gone through a similar experience and what undergraduate they pursued. I was planning on applying for pharmacy as my undergraduate.
Thanks in advance for your responses and sorry for rambling 😅
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