Accessing Uni with no A levels
I left my second year of college due to mental health, i want to start uni 2025 september and be on a uni campus starting from that date, been looking into foundation courses but im struggling to figure out if i meet requirements, foundation courses are labelled as "courses for people with few or no relevant qualifications", but then on the same page requires 72 UCAS points or a DDC in A-levels, please help me understand!
Reply 1
It says few or no relevant qualifications, not few or no qualifications full stop. If the course states you need certain grades or ucas points then you will have to meet those requirements.
Reply 2
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by couldbejamieI left my second year of college due to mental health, i want to start uni 2025 september and be on a uni campus starting from that date, been looking into foundation courses but im struggling to figure out if i meet requirements, foundation courses are labelled as "courses for people with few or no relevant qualifications", but then on the same page requires 72 UCAS points or a DDC in A-levels, please help me understand!
I think it would either be for those who ‘fell short’ of the grades they were expected to get, or extenuating circumstances.
Ultimately I think it would be very much down to the course you’re applying for and why. Also how old you are now. I failed my second year of A Levels due to mental health problems in 2013. Since then I got a foundation degree apprenticeship with my nursing employer in 2018. I’m now applying this year to Midwifery, but ofc I do have a foundation degree now which is a higher level than A levels.
My friend got an unconditional offer to go to university after failing her a levels due to bad mental health (she was 19/20 when starting). She went out and got experience doing what she wanted to go to uni for and her passion + experience got her in in the end. I think she did journalism. For some degrees that end with a professional registration there is some very specific academic requirements but that depends what you’re going for!
Best of luck. And if you don’t get in this time, remember you have time! If you’re late teens/early 20s I know it might feel like you need to go now, but I’m going to be 30 when I hopefully start midwifery and I have 2 kids. It’s never too late and you can always do something to get in; access course, apprenticeships, work experience, btec etc ☺️
Reply 3
You need to email the admissions team and ask what they need you to do. Give them some details of your achievements/work experience so far, however you need to be realistic in that completing any degree course is a big ask and they won't want you to enter a course without knowing you can meet the demands of the course academically. That would be bad for them and bad for you individually.
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