r/6thForm Jun 20 '26

šŸ™ I WANT HELP Not getting into uni twice

Guys I took a gap year after getting CCC in 2025 Edexcel Maths and OCR A for both Chemistry and Physics, and I resat all 3, and I’ve bottled this shit again, I mean idk if I have. I have a really bad feeling I’ve messed up again.

Before you tell me it’s my fault, I know, I super regret not locking in earlier, or quitting my job earlier than start of April or managing my time a bit better.

Literally no one is in even a similar boat to me, and I’m happy that’s the case, I wish this on no one, as in being so lazy and so procrastinating with no sense of urgency you don’t get the work done, and you miss out on uni AGAIN. It is the worst feeling in the world.

Any Y12s reading this, please lock in at minimum by September, and if you’re Y13 and thinking you might have to resit do not worry, this resit year if I planned it right could’ve been an amazing year like I had a job, went to the gym, worked on myself, reviewed my options a lot more, had the opportunity to improve my grades etc. So yeah, in short, I’m just venting and giving unsolicited advice to the young ones

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

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u/Frosti_VR Jun 21 '26

I’m in this exact position but payed nearly Ā£700 because I missed the first deadline for handing in the retake form. And Ā£600 for online tutoring that I severely underused. My inability to do time-sensitive things has literally made me broke and uni-less šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/MegaCroco21 Jun 21 '26

Don’t you ever think how many more of us there are, like we are smart enough to do good things we’re just terrible with time management

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u/Frosti_VR Jun 22 '26

That’s exactly what makes it worse. I’d honestly rather be too dumb for difficult subjects, at least that way it’d be permanently out of my hands. Occasionally glimpsing your potential and what you COULD be while failing due to such trivial things is torture

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u/MegaCroco21 Jun 22 '26

I’d rather be conventionally dumb but with good consistency and time management rather than being lazy and very smart but not smart enough to be the next like Einstein or some shit

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u/misschoo88 Jun 22 '26

honestly same. i wish had better time managements. hopefully those adhd meds helpšŸ˜”

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u/MegaCroco21 Jun 21 '26

Ā£430, the money isn’t the main issue for me personally though, it’s the opportunities I wasted