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K_I_P
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Hey all, I've come to the physics forums in search of guidance as i just don't know what to think anymore with my studies. First off i live in the UK (i see a lot of threads about people who study in the US).
I failed my GCSE's (through a troubling familiy year), retook them next year, passed all, did a first year Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology at A-levels, but my family decided to move a large distance, attendance became near impossible to me, so i left college(UK college, not university) without completing my first year.
I then went to another college the year after and studied first year BTEC applied science, with chemisty, and passed that year but went on to a university to begin a foundation year instead of going on to the second year (i thought a university atmosphere would better suit my studies), and so i did a year 0 in Biology and Chemisty. I managed to get good marks and am now in my first year of studying Pharmacology.
But, it just doesn't get me up in the morning, when I'm racking my brain it doesn't feel like I'm doing it for myself or rather where I'm going, but rather just for the sake of having qualifications for some income that would be required in my life soon enough.
Now, I've always, always been interested in Space and the whole shabang. I've been reading up on things that had no relevance to me since i was a kid, just for personal pleasure. So...i've thought to myself why aren't i doing something that i know i will love doing? I've come to the decision that if i somehow manage to begin my route to the said subject with no background in any mathematical/physical studies (apart from the preparatory route from my preliminary year), then i would take it all the way (Msc/Phd).
My educational background isn't pretty, but I'm not a dunce. Family affairs may have ruined my beginnings but i hope to prevail in the end. The question is where can i start with all this if it's at all possible??
Many thanks
K_I_P
I failed my GCSE's (through a troubling familiy year), retook them next year, passed all, did a first year Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology at A-levels, but my family decided to move a large distance, attendance became near impossible to me, so i left college(UK college, not university) without completing my first year.
I then went to another college the year after and studied first year BTEC applied science, with chemisty, and passed that year but went on to a university to begin a foundation year instead of going on to the second year (i thought a university atmosphere would better suit my studies), and so i did a year 0 in Biology and Chemisty. I managed to get good marks and am now in my first year of studying Pharmacology.
But, it just doesn't get me up in the morning, when I'm racking my brain it doesn't feel like I'm doing it for myself or rather where I'm going, but rather just for the sake of having qualifications for some income that would be required in my life soon enough.
Now, I've always, always been interested in Space and the whole shabang. I've been reading up on things that had no relevance to me since i was a kid, just for personal pleasure. So...i've thought to myself why aren't i doing something that i know i will love doing? I've come to the decision that if i somehow manage to begin my route to the said subject with no background in any mathematical/physical studies (apart from the preparatory route from my preliminary year), then i would take it all the way (Msc/Phd).
My educational background isn't pretty, but I'm not a dunce. Family affairs may have ruined my beginnings but i hope to prevail in the end. The question is where can i start with all this if it's at all possible??
Many thanks
K_I_P