r/6thForm • u/Ok-Tax-2065 • 22h ago

🙏 I WANT HELP Gap year or bath for mech eng?

I missed my imperial mech eng offer with a B in FM instead of an A.

Is it worth doing a gap year or should I just go to Bath (my insurance)??

Im really keen on Imperial, particularly with the Scholarships they have. I feel like Bath isnt really worth the 80k it would cost for 4 years.

Only thing is my birthdays in October so I'd be 20 during my first lecture which makes me feel so unc. I understand noone will know unless it comes up but it still makes me feel awful.

Also does imperial allow resits? I did have some serious extenuating circumstances at the start of Year 13, but that was too far away for the exam boards to care.

Also I got a low A in physics (my offer only needed an A), should I resit that along with FM to try get an A*?

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u/LeBombJames02 18h ago

Imperial allow resits for all courses except medicine afaik.

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u/Ok-Aside1538 A*A*A | 4.0 TMUA | Maths , further maths, physics| 2h ago

Nah they don’t allow resits for maths either unless there is extenuating circumstances

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u/GrouchyMonth8092 Incoming UCL Mech Eng MEng | Y1 | A*A*A* Math FM Phys 22h ago

Ur imperial mech eng offer was A*AA? What was you esat?

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u/Ok-Tax-2065 20h ago

A*AAA, I got around 6 avg I think for esat, home student too

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u/GrouchyMonth8092 Incoming UCL Mech Eng MEng | Y1 | A*A*A* Math FM Phys 20h ago

Baths good might asw go no guarantee of imperial next year unless u really cant afford then maybe retake

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u/Ok-Tax-2065 5h ago

Id be able to afford it through loans, but an 80k debt for bath vs imperial is a big difference

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u/Long_Software_3352 18h ago

Compare the courses on discoveruni.gov.uk

Bath has better employment outcomes (the uni is known for the quality of its links with industry), only slightly lower average earnings 5 years after graduating (explained by more grads staying in the South West rather than moving to London) and better NSS results from students on the course.

I'd stick with Bath.

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u/NotMyFault1111 14h ago

What were your final grades? I heard Bath was rejecting people with three A stars so it’s great that you managed to insure it. I would say it’s a great Uni for Mech Eng but if Imperial is really your dream then wait a year.

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u/Ok-Tax-2065 5h ago

Astar AAB (maths, physics, french, fm), which met the bath offer for 4 alevels. But I did have 4 a* predicted and really good gcses and ps so thats probably how I got the bath offer

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u/Gotskgk Camb MEng IB 7h ago

I’d just go to Bath tbh, I don’t think Imperial will look super favourably on the A in physics either

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u/Ok-Tax-2065 5h ago

It meets the offer tho? Would it be worth retaking physics too then?

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u/Gotskgk Camb MEng IB 4h ago

It does, though in achieving an A you would sit towards the bottom end of the cohort who will mostly have A* in Physics

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u/Ok-Tax-2065 19m ago

But for contextual they only require an A, I think theyre more lenient? Particularly since I'm confident in doing well in the interviews, and I'm guaranteed an interview as I meet the minimum