have this gutting feeling im gonna fail my alevels, how do i get into med if i fail

what year r u in?

i literally keep crashing out because my predictions were first of all so abysmal that i couldnt even apply to med properly despite eating up the ucat
those grades and have been working the whole of year 12 like a dog so those grades acc hurt
btw it was cde respectively in bio chem maths
and predicted ccd
so yes, ik its disgusting but its like no matter how much ive tried over these two years its never paid off im even doing work now but this gutting feeling is ripping me apart
those grades have never bumped up.
pls tell me im not the only one
kills me more to know ppl lowkey didnt even try and got great predicteds like maybe they lied but hey
loads of my friends got insanely great predicted grades and got offers from top med unis like oxford, cambridge, imperial etc
and i only have anglia ruskin firmed for biomed
hoping it doesnt come to that and the insane work i keep doing pays off
i got tuition, paid for extra programs and did so so much its insane
i did ok at gcses like all 9s and 8s only a 3 7s ik that doesnt mean anything tho w/ alevels
since alevels started i started spiralling w my mental health but med unis dont care unless someone died like ur parents/ close family or if its u basically reviving from ur own death bed in these two years that causes u issues
just asking if anyone knows if theres anything i can do because i literally feel like theres no way out of this anymore and i genuinely dont want to do anything else in my life
but when i say i never wanna see a levels again i mean it
and i dont wanna pay the insane amount for an undergrad
literally dont know what the point of living would be if i dont get the grades to apply
ik thats excessive but i genuinely dont know what ill do

I probably won't go to biomed as it is so generic and in the chance you don't get into med your prospects are much thinner. I do know people who got C's and D's and B's in some of their A levels and have moved on to Med, so it can definitely be done. A course I recommend is called cardiac physiology, they are in demand, provide you with lots of placement in a variety of clinical settings (in clinics, wards, cath labs) and good job prospects and pay, so it is a good option to propel yourself into med with experience or take the career path if you don't decide to go into med.

omds thanks sm i keep hoping the exams went well and somewhwere i feel like i might lowkey pull it off on results day but im not sure tbh so i really wanna have a back up because that second voice in my head keeps giving me nightmares of failing miserably and then becoming homeless even tho thats not how it works

I probably won't go to biomed as it is so generic and in the chance you don't get into med your prospects are much thinner. I do know people who got C's and D's and B's in some of their A levels and have moved on to Med, so it can definitely be done. A course I recommend is called cardiac physiology, they are in demand, provide you with lots of placement in a variety of clinical settings (in clinics, wards, cath labs) and good job prospects and pay, so it is a good option to propel yourself into med with experience or take the career path if you don't decide to go into med.

Hi, I’ve firmed cardiac physiology and haven’t heard many talk about it tbh idk really know what I’m getting myself into although overall it seems interesting is there any advice or anything else you can tell me about it ? Thanks

Hey, essentially the course is training you to be a cardiac physiologist primarily through lectures and placements. Placements get longer and more frequent as the course progresses and depending on the uni, you may travel to different hospitals or stay at one (if you study in Swansea you will be travelling across the whole of Wales!). It is about learning the properties and pathophysiology of cardiac diseases, anatomy and how that applies to your job via placements. In first and second year, it will primarily be conducting ECG's, blood pressures, fitting and analysing holter monitors, exercise testing and spectating and helping in cath lab procedures. In 3rd year it will be primarily be conducting cath lab procedures, pacemaker implants, pacemaker follow up, exercise test leading and will set you a foundation to the entry level job. After the course expect to specialise in a variety of specialties

Ooohh okay this is very helpful so it seems like your set up to carry out one job what if I wanted a career pivot maybe into a non clinical role would I still be able to or would I have to do a conversation course or msc or something as this is interesting but idk if it’s what I want for the rest of my life

Yes, the course gives you a lot of transferrable skills. I’ve personally left the course already to pursue economics/finance degree and I leveraged cardiac physiology to get a job in a hospital and on my CV and I’ve managed to land 2 internships/work experience in my first year.
Nonetheless, I think it’s a great course. It may seem basic at first but it’s a fantastic career with great money and progression, I don’t think any other role apart from some other allied healthcare course like nursing and paramedic science, allows you to have such security and money.

I'll put this very simply. I don't want to appear to be unhelpful or some kind of hater/eternal pessimist or anything similar either but when I see people who are so readily deterred from studying and pursuing medicine it automatically makes me question if they were ever serious about studying medicine in the first place.
I've encountered this theme from time to time in people who were originally determined to pursue a professional course which is known to be competitive to enter or difficult to complete. Coincidentally I have heard similar in people applying to join the armed forces or pursue other careers which aren't the type you just walk into. In talking with people the discussion basically follows the lines of: 'I wanted to do X, I did Y and and Z but...'
And then I hear the real answer, it usually appears right after the word 'but'. Something happened, some hurdle they encountered and that gave them a get out clause. I know all about this because when I was younger I fell back on a similar excuse and it limited my life in a huge range of ways and I don't mean for the better. People, especially young people who are barely out of A levels, should entirely avoid any kind of thought process which curtails the prism through which they view life. It's not helpful, it's not realistic and it certainly should not be encouraged.
Medicine is medicine. You will know if it is truly for you because you enjoyed every second of your work experience in any clinical environment to the point that you almost don't want to leave and you were buzzing about your experiences for days or weeks after. If medicine truly is your gig then the factoid of completely flunking your A levels would never deter you from it. Sure, you can work as a nurse, a midwife, a radiographer, a physiotherapist. Those are all very difficult and demanding roles which offer their own challenges and rewards, but they simply are not medicine. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Medicine is an entire other planet of content and detail in which you will bask, swim, travel and learn within. There is no game quite like it. No other course offers the same content, except through the odd peep through a window left ajar.
Exams sometimes go wrong for people on the day. It's a fact of life. But they are not the be all and end all of anything. There are lot of people who are hugely successful in life, even some of the top surgeons out there, who would happily admit they completely failed or messed up an examination or string of examinations at some stage along the line.
Anyway, if someone is now post A level at the age of barely 18-19 and thinks this is the end, it is not.
Your end goal remains the same, only your journey will be slightly different to that of others. That's ok: nobody's medical journey is the same as anyone else's anyway and it makes for a more varied profession at the end of it which is kind of the point of the whole process. The medical profession is supposed to reflect the variety of the population it serves.
If you still want to do this thing, and you truly do still want to come to Hogwarts and study our particular magic, you need to dust yourself off and get back in the saddle. You can then spend some time resitting your A levels privately OR you can take up healthcare work, learn a lot of things on the job in the real-world environment for a couple of years and then contemplate completing an Access course once you've got your head around adult life a bit and fully considered the challenge of taking on medicine as a mature student.
Either way, this is merely a bump in the road. It's going to add texture to your career, it's going to build your resilience and it's going to make you a better clinician by the end of it.