Hi there,

First post on the site and really need some advice.

I've finished my 2nd year of biomedical sciences at the university of Portsmouth, and my results were massively variable. I've has high hopes to do a PhD since year one but only averaged 57% this year. A mixture of all assessments in a three week period at the end of the year instead of being split in summer and January along with no continuity in marking between lecturers has accumulatively given me a poor score.

Seeming that I'll need to be applying for PhD's at the start of the next semester what are my chances (honestly) of getting any offers. I am setting up a lab over the summer for some extra experience and have no doubt that the unit board meetings for this year will be interesting to say the least, but doubt my marks will change. I am also very confident that I will be able to push this up to 60%+ with my third year, but its only the second year results that will be assessed right?

Any advice you guys can give me on this would be brilliant as this is really stressing me out.