Severely underperformed in exams to where I don’t have any options to fall back on

really underperformed in exams and too late to do anything about it - had multiple health issues and a lot of time in hospital, i really fell behind and it was too late to catch up with anything - also got a diagnosis of autism so i suppose I didn’t get the “reasonable adjustments” that really would’ve helped, and Failed just about all my exams except my special interest with flying colours but it’s not very lucrative in terms of career options and wanted to look towards engineering. The thing is I’m not capable of even getting into college with my results - I don’t have enough results to be allowed to sit my exams again at college and i really don’t know what to do. I really do want to go to uni and i don’t feel my exam results define my proper ability but then again its all that unis and colleges really care about and I don’t really know what to do? I have years of intense dedication and study to my special interest but I’ve more or less figured out its not helping that being the only thing i have academically

really underperformed in exams and too late to do anything about it - had multiple health issues and a lot of time in hospital, i really fell behind and it was too late to catch up with anything - also got a diagnosis of autism so i suppose I didn’t get the “reasonable adjustments” that really would’ve helped, and Failed just about all my exams except my special interest with flying colours but it’s not very lucrative in terms of career options and wanted to look towards engineering. The thing is I’m not capable of even getting into college with my results - I don’t have enough results to be allowed to sit my exams again at college and i really don’t know what to do. I really do want to go to uni and i don’t feel my exam results define my proper ability but then again its all that unis and colleges really care about and I don’t really know what to do? I have years of intense dedication and study to my special interest but I’ve more or less figured out its not helping that being the only thing i have academically

This was me a year ago. Find another college to go to (or do it at home), take a gap year and resit them. You can get into almost any uni that way if you work really hard

Are unis less likely to give you offers when resitting if they see you failed your a levels previously?

Unless it's like LSE or Oxford, not really ngl. Manchester, UCL, kings, Warwick, they were all fine with it in my case. Only uni I didn't get into was Edinburgh and they specifically emailed me to tell me that resit applicants are more discriminated against. Only the really REALLY top unis will actually care in any meaningful way if you have a good ps and high predicteds! You can get into great schools just fine. I got into them for a course on the same a level subject I had failed a year prior so they genuinely just do not care as much as well always worry they do imo

That’s good to hear. It was the main thing i was concerned about, thank you!

No problem! Hope this has made you feel better and I'm sure you'll do amazing this time around!🙏