Academic failure- A levels x2

Yeah that’s what I’m trying to do. It’s a lot though, seeing all you peers move forward and you’ve been setback. But at the end of the day I have no one to blame but me

In my experience, the best thing to do is put on the blinder and focus on you. Your needs and strengths are different from those around you. Play to your strengths, and focus on improving your weaknesses. There's no shame in improvement. It's good to take responsibility if you sincerely believe that you had the opportunity and means to change your situation, but you don't always.

Thank you, wish you all the best best in life

Im a failure. Sat my A levels first time in 2023 and got ddd, then took a year out and this year to resit and got cde, basically the same. Had so much hope in myself this year, did not think i would fail again, bare in mind i was predicted three As due to my mock grades being high. I mean i dont want to give exsues but during the last papers i was quite ill and get family issues but i guess it doesnt matter about that it matters about results. feel so bad because i got an offer from ucl to study pharmacology, im seeing videos of freshers events and it painful. Especially yhe amount of money that went in to this, a year of my life and me telling everyone the russell group offers i got.
i got an offer to study pharmacology with a foundation year at low ranked uni, although i should be grateful for even getting an offer with those grades, a huge part of me still yearns for what it could hav been. Next week is freshers week for me and im not that excited, i just dont really wanna got to the uni let alone freshers week. And to think i intially tried to apply to medicine, alothough medicine still is my plan in the future, failing and doing bad in a levels twice, questions my ability. Another thing im not happpy about is my age, i turned 19 in august and as i am doing a foundation year, i will be 20 when i start first year and 23 when i graudate. i know i sound ungrateful, and in the grand schme of things, i know deep down it wont matter but it matters now. I had all of these academic goals and dreams but i guess "hard' work without good results is dead. Sorry, just wanted to rant. Feel like I’m mourning my dream

Ik it feels awful i was predicted two a stars and an a and i fell so far from those during the real thing i genuinely i felt like a failure i am resitting mu exams again this year but dont feel like a failure bc the ideology of that is so incredibly subjective and there's really nothing u can do about those grades so try to move forward and make friends and peace with how u feel bc u shouldn't let those feelings bog u down and stop u from still making great friends and doing well in ur course although ik grades and university feels so defining as to who you will be and are but try to think about the future and envision a happy one - good luck with everything i hope it all goes well !!!

Hi, thank you for your reply. So are you retaking again as in this is your second time (your originally did a levels in 2023), I'm applying to transfer my uni using foundation year grades. I am unhappy at my current uni and the people there are quite to themselves and a few also want to transfer. Hope it all goes for you too