Hmmm, how long would it take to go from a successful interview to IOT?
Post university, mine was about 5 months. Others I've known have been shorter.
I contacted the university that I wish to go to, and it was clear that their entry requirements were not entirely clear. In short, I will need to go to college (or some education) for the next two academic years before I can go to university. I'm really rather annoyed.
If you had to do that, ie, go to college for that length of time for a uni slot, I'd suggest looking at resitting the physics A-Level (as you seem to intend to do), and maybe making the extra push to make the Maths AS-level into a full A-level, as they would be two academically very robust A-levels (at grade C or above) to present to OASC (bearing in mind the idea is to present yourself as competitively as possible against the competition). Either that, or find somewhere that will do a "foundation year".
That done, qualifications in hand, you could then have the option of a shot at OASC (bearing in mind that by the time you've done that, the doors may be open again) before Uni, and the option of joining direct.
[quote]I guess it would be possible to start some of the recruitment process whilst at uni though, wouldn't it? For example, the interviews and OASC stuff would take a few days out of my university time. So I could get some of the work done whilst I'm in education... Right? Please be a 'right!'
