i might have to take an extra year in 6th form

doing bio maths psych, in yr 12 and im dropping maths and doing sociology starting september and continuing maths and psychology. Literally crashing out my parents are screaming at me help am i genuinely cooked how do i cope i dont even want to do anything bye

1) You said your dropping maths but continuing maths? Which one?
2) Why are you dropping a subject? Is it because it's too difficult or do you not like it?

It’s not that deep just spend the summer learning the year 12 content and you’ll be fine

but my parents are crashing out and i have really bad anxiety ik thats hella irrelevant but taking the extra year wasnt on my list
But i do plan on doing that, but idk im just rlly scared

Doing bio maths psych, in yr 12 and im dropping maths and doing sociology starting september and continuing maths and psychology. literally crashing out my parents are screaming at me help am i genuinely cooked how do i cope i dont even want to do anything bye

I am doing sixth form over 3 years (currently doing 2 subjects and starting a third in September) and for me it was a really good idea. I moved to doing this in November due to personal circumstance (different to yours because i was working at a B in the subject i dropped) and its really not a big deal. Quite a few people at my school have done similar things to support their learning. Your other option to taking an extra year would be to self-study the year 12 sociology content over the summer and maybe double up and take year 12 and 13 sociology classes during year 13 to catch up then take all the exams in the summer 2026 season.

Nah, trust me - take the extra year. I wish I had done that. I instead ended up finishing at my sixth form after two years with one A level (Psychology), and then had to teach myself two A levels this year (Biology and Sociology). I wish I had just moved schools after year 12, and redone the whole thing because that would've been a lot easier than they way I did it.
I'm sure your parents will chill out, but I really wouldn't listen to them; seem like plebs.

omg yeah i’ll discuss this but i doubt it idk the headteacher kept beingn persistent on doing sociology till the third year and only come school part time (not smth i wna do)

You could suggest that you could be allowed to take the end of year 12 mock in September and if you do alright on it you can carry on with the course as a year 13. Hope it all goes well for you!

i braced myself for this bc i saw this as a chance of happening but idk its hit me so hard bc my parents are ignoring me and ive js been crying for hours, i do think extra year come with its pros but wld it not affect wherever i apply for uni

No, it shouldn't affect where you apply for uni. I knew someone who repeated the year as well, and I believe she got all offers back. I personally, also, recieved all of my offers back for psychology (Bath, Leeds, York, Exeter, Sussex). Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even think unis will know that you've repeated year 12 unless your school mention it.
I am sorry about your parents, though. They shouldn't have reacted like that. I guess the most important thing is for you to focus on what the best course of action is for your own education, and they should be prioritising this as well. There's obviously no point continuing maths when it's dragging your other grades down since you're spending so much time on it.
But yeah, I genuinely regret not redoing year 12 so much.

sorry but what offers are you referring to? the ones you applied in yr 13?? but then if you take an extra year how does that work

I applied in 2025, for September. I'm confused... Are you thinking of redoing year 12? Or are you going to sit 2 subjects next year, and then do Sociology at school part time?

yeah im continuing bio and psych and doing sociology part time, sorry for the confusion

No, it shouldn't affect where you apply for uni. I knew someone who repeated the year as well, and I believe she got all offers back. I personally, also, recieved all of my offers back for psychology (Bath, Leeds, York, Exeter, Sussex). Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even think unis will know that you've repeated year 12 unless your school mention it.
I am sorry about your parents, though. They shouldn't have reacted like that. I guess the most important thing is for you to focus on what the best course of action is for your own education, and they should be prioritising this as well. There's obviously no point continuing maths when it's dragging your other grades down since you're spending so much time on it.
But yeah, I genuinely regret not redoing year 12 so much.

yeah im continuing bio and psych and doing sociology part time, sorry for the confusion