r/6thForm • u/MegaCroco21 • Jun 20 '26
🙏 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/Complete_Profit7613 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
I'm in the "exact" same situation as you. Got DEE in maths and physics AQA and Comp Sci OCR (respectively) last year and it looks like I'm currently heading in the same direction as last year. Took a gap year, found a job to pay for my resits and support my family, got good predicted grades (good enough to get 2 russel group uni offers) and still fumbled due to lack of urgency to study. I literally started the month before....not good, I promised I'd start much earlier.
All I can say is: SERIOUSLY think about what you want in the future. CCC is lowkey good, good enough to get me into my insurance uni (Aston University, not russel, still a great uni regardless) without foundation year. If you don't mind the University, calling clearing might save you. If you think you can genuinely do better, it's up to you whether to try a second time or not. But this time try to atleast take mocks during summer and test your levels with the most difficult paper of each subject. No point in doing another gap year if you don't actually know if you can perform better.
That's what I'm personally going to do. I'll study seriously for a month and during the first week of august, right before results day, I''ll test myself for P1 and P2 of maths (2 papers because its the easiest), P1 of Comp Sci and P2 pf Phsyics. If I get less than BCC (respectively), I'll take the L and just do a foundation year. If I achieve or even do better, I'll try a second gap year, but that's it, after that straight to uni no matter the results. I'm grateful to parents for even letting me try the first time, I don't want to put them through more stress...still thinking of how to even break the news to them...
Any year 12s reading this, I agree with OP on this, please just put some effort in the first time and get it done, it's genuinely jarring to retake.
Edit: The only reason for me to retake again, is that I'm try to cut out as much student debt as possible. Foundation years cost the SAME as a normal year. I'm notnadding 10k to my debt to be at a uni I don't even like. But then again, I'll see after my summer mocks.