Pharmacy

Any University that you apply to will certainly want to understand why you failed your foundation year. You do not mention what course you were studying or the issues you had were, but I am guessing that you were not studying Pharma at Nottingham, so any new application would be a change of course for you too. Universities will want to be reassured that if they offer you a place on their course that you are likely to graduate, students who drop out in the first year cost them a lot of money in lost course fees, and they cannot afford to have students join them for a few terms and then leave them with a lack of students in year 2 & 3. Factors like this would not matter in an ideal world, but in the funding motivated system that we currently have it is an important issue for Universities to consider. Having said all of that, if you were on a foundation year then I expect that there are contextual factors in your application, and you may find that these same factors carry some weight in any new course application that you make. My best suggestion to you is to speak to the admissions tutors at the Universities you would be applying to, explain your circumstances and ask what your options are if you were to apply for their course. You will find that they are usually very helpful with their suggestions, and you should get a good idea if your application would be considered, if you need to provide any additional information and how you provide that in your application process. The only other disadvantage I can think of at this stage is you mention your A level Chem and Bio courses are being provided through at an open study college, so you may find that getting predicted grades might be an issue. If that is the case then you may have to wait until you have your actual grades before you can apply, but check with your college if that is the case and if it is then ask how you can get that information to complete your UCAS application. There's a few things to think about here, but your best bet is to make some phone calls, or visit the universities in person and speak to the admissions teams about your circumstances. Good luck!

I failed the foundation year because of having a 3 hour commute going and coming back to the uni which was impossible to do but I had no other choice I tried to go as much as possible but my attendance did drop to 70% near the second semester the commute also caused me to miss two of the exams because of delays in trains and buses and ended up getting low marks on 2 of my other exams which also meant I had to resit the exams and again because of low attendance i missed out on a few important practicals too and overall just lacked in most aspects throughout the year, Im not sure if all this is valid reasons but it is not the fact that I am not capable to pass or do Pharmacy it was because of these situations I think and then there was the option to do august resits but I was not told by the uni I had to resit 8 exams I prepared for 2 and found this out 3 days before the exams so it was not possible to pass the exams and my teacher recommended me to change my course I thought that was my only option and thought about changing my course but I really didn't find any other course i liked and realised i still want to do pharmacy and choose to do Biology and Chemistry A level this year I have submitted work to my online tutors and will receive my predicted grades soon and also contacted universities but due to holidays only UCL replied and they told me if i got predicted AA in A levels they would consider my application and will have to check what I did during the foundation year and also based on how competitive my application is Im not sure if all these reasons would mean they reject me or not I need help to decide if applying to Unis like KCL and UCL is worth it or should i apply to other unis, sorry for the really long msg I didn't want to leave anything out and ThankYou for helping me out, I am honestly really worried and would appreciate any help, Thanks

I NEED HELP
Last year i got into University of Nottingham doing Foundation Year for Pharmacy however i ended up failing the foundation year and the reason why i was doing a foundation year in the first place was because my subjects before were BTEC Applied Science and A level Psychology and I did well in these but for Pharmacy Chem and Bio A level were required now the only option after failing i saw was to do Biology and Chemistry through a private college im doing them through open study college and i think i can get A in both im doing them in 1 year and want to start pharmacy and get into first year for 2025 entry but im not sure if i can get in and if any university will even accept me again after failing foundation year and reapplying for the same subject I want to apply to unis like KCL and UCL which seems very ambitious but it is a dream and i just want to know if i have any chance of getting in any advice would be appreciated. Im really really worried and need to apply soon.