Thread: headhunting screwed me over?

I'm in a similar position myself, and I've decided to bite the bullet and do a couple of A levels via correspondence study. Some of them are reckoned to involve less than 1000 hours of study so if you have the resources, you could knuckle down and blitz them full time (or near enough), maybe with the help of a tutor. That's my plan.

That was the plan, you know if there is some way to take the exams outside of regular exam season?
There are a couple of subjects I really wanted to take, so I'm not too peeved about taking more.

I never had the UCAS points and I was not allowed to attend AOSB until I proved my degree result which they (The collective army recruitment bods) then accepted and booked me onto an AOSB.

I never tried at a-level standard, and did pretty crap, but still managed to pass them…. just about. I actually feel it was my parents, school, and lack of self motivation which contributed to this. Decided to go travelling for a few years (Realised some basic life truths and values and gained some valuable experiences), came back did a foundation course went on to degree level and managed to get a first class degree. For me I feel at 17-19 I was not ready to settle and work and was too busy worrying (or not as it turned out) about unimportant things.

Not sure if this answers your question but as others have said get down to your careers office and have a chat with your ACA, he will know the answers. And if at the end of the day you need more a-levels then so be it, if an army career is what you want to do then one year will not make much difference in the larger scheme of an army career.