Dilemma, need some help please (quickly as well)
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Nope you can't do that, I asked several universities.
For some reason (morals and legal issues) you have to do the whole 4 year pharmacy degree from the start. You can't transfer from a chemistry degree, its silly to be honest.
Nice one for returning to college OP. Will be worth it 
They're profit-driven businesses. If they've got a space to fill they don't see bad grades, they see an opportunity to make more money. One of my house mates at uni had failed his first year, got onto another course and managed to fail that too. They still let him back to do another course.
How the hell do you get an offer for a uni place with DDDU?
They're profit-driven businesses. If they've got a space to fill they don't see bad grades, they see an opportunity to make more money. One of my house mates at uni had failed his first year, got onto another course and managed to fail that too. They still let him back to do another course.
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I'd expect you to have to do the pharmacy degree from the start on transfer as there may not be many(any?) transferrables from chemistry but I suspect the universities are telling you what they want the policy to be rather than what necessarily happens. I know a few people (myself included in that number) who started one degree and then changed to doing another one after completing some of a degree, that wasn't my intention, especially given the degree I started with had higher entry requirements than the one I changed to but it's certainly possible with some universities at least.
Although actually advertising to them upfront that you're only using course A as a stepping stone to course B is never all that likely to get them saying "well come on in, we love a chancer here so we do".
I think you really have to question how much you want to do pharmacy or chemistry. Those results are quite bad for someone that wants to study pharmacy.
I think you need to question if you know you can easily get higher grades or if it will be really hard for you. University is hard and the course you want to do is going to be hard. Each year is A LOT harder than the last.
It would be worse if you do a year of collage then a year of uni and then find out that you either don't like it or its too hard.
Obviously I don't know you or have any idea about your circumstances but I think if you struggled with your A levels then you will really struggle to keep up at university.
If you look at other university's do they do combined course chemistry with pharmacy, something you could do now that is in the field you want.
I think you need to question if you know you can easily get higher grades or if it will be really hard for you. University is hard and the course you want to do is going to be hard. Each year is A LOT harder than the last.
It would be worse if you do a year of collage then a year of uni and then find out that you either don't like it or its too hard.
Obviously I don't know you or have any idea about your circumstances but I think if you struggled with your A levels then you will really struggle to keep up at university.
If you look at other university's do they do combined course chemistry with pharmacy, something you could do now that is in the field you want.
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Would they even bother looking if you have a degree?