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I started doing International GCSE's his January whilst working full time with ICS.
Took my exam in May:-
A in English (was C but needed a B for uni).
C in Maths - not good enough so retaking in January (was still C but needed a B for uni).
Been accepted and doing an Access to Higher Education course in health studies starting this month and hoping to go to uni next year to study to become a Physiotherapist.
Why a Physiotherapist?
My job which I had started to get so frustrated with the mismanagement of various things gave me the option of redundancy to escape the sinking ship! I took it with the intention of studying (hence the GCSEs) and to further myself - I'm also applying to be a HGV driver in mean time to pay bills etc!
The reason I chose Physiotherapist is because I wanted a job helping people and since Physiotherapist taught me to stand, walk, cycle and run again I figured it would be nice to help someone else along their journey like they helped me.
I think I have the empathy and the fact that I have been there and done that - physiotherapy on every limb for the best part of 2 years!Here's hoping I can work it all out as it's a complete change in my life!
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Going into my second year of computer science at UWL soon...MEEP MEEP
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When applying for competitive university places how do you pick the best if they have the same A level grades?
My job was in finance - not used most of the GCSE Maths stuff I learned!
I'd never need it in physiotherapy but that's why they want to know if you do the extra I guess.
Not if you intend on doing medicine they're not.
Got A's in your A levels? Got a first in a degree? They count for nothing if you got B's and C's at GCSE level.
Most med schools want top tier GCSE's too, even if you've already bucked up your ideas and proved you can work at a higher level.
Not true, I got terrible GCSEs, and I'm a 4th year now
edit: but still true at some med schools
Please note the word 'most' in front of the words 'med schools'
Which med school are you at?
I was gonna say, Newcastle and Leeds (IIRC) were 2 of the ones that didn't care about GCSE's. A friends niece has just finished BioMed here in Hull with first class honours, HYMS wouldn't accept her so she's buggered off to Newcastle aswell.
I had an offer for HYMS - but my interview was at the Hull campus.
Manchester and Durham also didn't care about B's and C's
Isn't Durham and Newcastle essentially the same (in a roundabout way) for medicine as they share curriculum and you can choose which campus to study at?
Just finished my Masters in Chemistry, moving to Sheffield in just about a week to start my PhD on a topic overlapping chemistry and mechanical engineering.
4 years, standard EPSRC PhD funding +£3k cos of industry sponsorship p.a. - with Uni fees covered too. Not too shabby for a student researching stuff one enjoys.
4 years, standard EPSRC PhD funding +£3k cos of industry sponsorship p.a. - with Uni fees covered too. Not too shabby for a student researching stuff one enjoys.