Yeah, something similar happened to me. I messed up my life hugely a couple of years ago and I'm really paying for it now. I could have overcame the problems I had, but I made the mistake of giving into them and everything went to hell shortly after. I was only 14 at the time but I was trying to plan stuff way further ahead than what I was actually capable of. I still have time to turn around, but it's going to be difficult. As I said above (pipedream aside), I would really like to get into Oxford or Warwick; but my opinion may change in the coming years. I have another year at school and I refuse to [bleep] it up this time.