Going back to high school at 18?

Question

I am graduating this year (Australia) and I know my score won’t be enough to get into medicine at uni. I’m thinking of going back to High school and getting the score I am positive I can get. 
I was diagnosed with chronic migraine disorder last year and destroyed my grades while I was finding the right medications. Now I get migraines 1-2 times a week but they’re tolerable.
Do you think it’s ok if I go back to high school (I’ve contacted two schools that are willing to take me) and one of them has a rank of 70 while the other is 170-180. 
I just want a second chance and I haven’t been keen on tafe. If I do cae then I cant study anything for a year (what I was told), so I figured moving to Queensland and going to a mature age high school would be best.
I just finished hsc. Wanted to do vce but have to wait, therefore qce seems ok. 
Is it true that I’m wasting my time? Do you think it’s a stupid idea? 
Medicine and university is 100% my ultimate goal. I’ve never thought of anything more important.

Answer

Hi there! First off congratulations on sticking with your goal. I’m not going to lie, you face a very hard slog. I live NSW, but I also work in a University that delivers a Medicine degree, I work in the Health Faculty so I have a heap of knowledge in this field. 
Ok first off, forget the high school route. Look at the mark you are going to achieve and then see if this is likely to gain entry into any University degrees. A bachelor of Science or Bio Med may be a more achievable option right now. Remember Medicine requires a basis for entry, but a much larger component is your UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine Admissions Test) exam and the interview process, so it’s a combined effort. If you can gain entry into another degree for the first year you should be able to use the GPA average as your basis for admission. The advantage of this is you can pick the field you are studying in and it can prepare you much better for University life. You will have a heads up on the school leavers when you begin first year med. 
if you have any questions feel free to ask, I’m happy to try answer them 😊

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Hey I am about to graduate myself. I am currently doing QCS, and can say it's not fun  I get really bad migraines too. One piece of advice I can give you is that there are multiple pathways into university, such as a base course (where you can get the foundations to get into the course you want to) and some allow you to transfer courses after a year studying at the uni. There is also the ADF(Australian Defence Force) which will fund you to complete your course while spending a year or two in the Army. But the most important thing to remember is to take time for yourself and breathe. Everything will work out in the end. Things will go well 😊

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I live in western Australia and we have like a couple colleges where you can go to improve your marks. It's not tafe or high school. I know a few people who went and did a year there and successfully got into uni, one got into radiography and I think that has a pretty high entry rank. Maybe see if there's something like that where you live?

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You can go to uni as a mature age student once you hit 21 yeah? 
Not getting the right score def isn't the end of the world, there's so many other options out there x

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U should do what’s right because it’s you don’t want to regret anything later by not doing it

Going back to high school at 18?

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