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foundation year pharmacy

I'm currently doing my A-Levels and I'm really worried that I might not get the grades I need to get into pharmacy. I don’t want to take a gap year, and I’m feeling really stressed out about it.
Has anyone been through this and gone onto a foundation year? How was the experience, and what grades did you need to get accepted? Any advice or reassurance would really help right now!

Reply 1

McGinger

Its totally normal to worry at this stage - so are thousands of other people.

Just get into the revision, work at it, and put in some real effort to get the best grades you can - and you will probably be pleasantly surprised on Results Day.

Reply 2

diverse-constabl

yes thank you for your advice!!!
however do u have any idea what grades were accepted by unis for a foundation year?

Reply 3

McGinger

Original post

by diverse-constabl

yes thank you for your advice!!!
however do u have any idea what grades were accepted by unis for a foundation year?

There are two answers to this :

1) Foundation years are rarely in Clearing. Unis will usually try to fill any spaces with near-miss applicants from their main MPharm degree - because they have already interviewed them, and its never a good look for any Uni to have courses in Clearing if they can avoid it.
2) Its a bit of a myth that all Unis immediately drop entry grades for Clearing. For a professional course like Pharmacy, they will still want the same level of skills/ability. And, as above, most Unis cannot be bothered re-interviewing amid the usual stress of Results Day and Clearing.