gap year to study alevel physics + further maths or engineering foundation year

That requires physics off the bat!

Hi everyone!

I’m in a really bad dilemma and i kind of need to fix it before the UCAS deadline. back in y12 i wanted to study computer science at cambridge university specifically. I ended up picking a level maths, business and economics as the head of year said i didn’t need to study computer science at alevel to study it at university. I then realised a couple months later that I needed further maths for Cambridge, so I sat the AS level within 3 months of realising it and completely bombed it because I was really stressed and I also had my Y12 mocks (worst decision of my life). I also realised in that time period that I hated computer science and actually wanted to study engineering.

Problem is though, I study finance subjects, not engineering ones.

So… that ultimately got me to completely fail my Y12 mocks and the hopes of Cambridge which obviously made me really upset.

Now i’m in y13, I got ABC in my mocks (jumping up 3-4 grades from my last mocks in two of my subjects) and hoping to get the best possible grades on alevel results day. My school isn’t the most helpful when it comes to help, so I’m living on an unwavering confidence that I will achieve the grades I want, discipline and unending plans.

However, in the future, I want to secure a job in the finance sector, but want to study engineering at university. I enjoy finance, but not enough to study it at undergraduate level. I enjoy mechengineering enough to do a gap year and study physics and further maths for target universities such as imperial and cambridge, which are unis finance firms look for when picking applicants. If i do a foundation year with my current predicted, I’ll go to schools that I would have never thought I would be considering in y12 and no hope of transferring to a school i’ve actually considered and actually want to go to + it’s more expensive.

I need a lot of opinions on this!

I know… I don’t have physics alevel and that’s why i want to do it in a gap year! By then, I should be able to study a full engineering degree without having to do a foundation year (because i don’t physics)

Hi everyone!
I’m in a really bad dilemma and i kind of need to fix it before the UCAS deadline. back in y12 i wanted to study computer science at cambridge university specifically. I ended up picking a level maths, business and economics as the head of year said i didn’t need to study computer science at alevel to study it at university. I then realised a couple months later that I needed further maths for Cambridge, so I sat the AS level within 3 months of realising it and completely bombed it because I was really stressed and I also had my Y12 mocks (worst decision of my life). I also realised in that time period that I hated computer science and actually wanted to study engineering.
Problem is though, I study finance subjects, not engineering ones.
So… that ultimately got me to completely fail my Y12 mocks and the hopes of Cambridge which obviously made me really upset.
Now i’m in y13, I got ABC in my mocks (jumping up 3-4 grades from my last mocks in two of my subjects) and hoping to get the best possible grades on alevel results day. My school isn’t the most helpful when it comes to help, so I’m living on an unwavering confidence that I will achieve the grades I want, discipline and unending plans.
However, in the future, I want to secure a job in the finance sector, but want to study engineering at university. I enjoy finance, but not enough to study it at undergraduate level. I enjoy mechengineering enough to do a gap year and study physics and further maths for target universities such as imperial and cambridge, which are unis finance firms look for when picking applicants. If i do a foundation year with my current predicted, I’ll go to schools that I would have never thought I would be considering in y12 and no hope of transferring to a school i’ve actually considered and actually want to go to + it’s more expensive.
I need a lot of opinions on this!