DD changed her mind

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DD has done her first year of A levels - psychology, and 2 humanities. She is academic and is predicted 3 As. She was thinking about doing a Psychology degree but has now decided she wants to do Zoology, which to be fair I think will suit her better and tap into her passion for animals.
So to do that she needs a Biology A level (has a good GCSE), she has looked into it and she can get a place with that, a Psychology A level and one other.
Obviously it’s too late for her to change A levels now and I don’t think she would cope with adding a 4th one in and trying to do it in 1 year even if that were possible.
She is thinking about having a year out post A level and working in an animal related field (she has experience), doing her Bio A level in 1 year and THEN applying for Uni.
Does anyone have any advice how/where she could do this? I know we will have to pay but that’s ok. Or is there a1 year conversion course she could do?
She is going to speak to the careers dept when she goes back to College in September but I was wondering if anyone on here had some advice please

A lot of universities stipulate that the 3 a-levels that form the offer must be taken in the same sitting so doing her current crop of A-levels now and then Biology later wouldn't do. Additionally some of the more competitive universities will want Biology plus another "hard" or "core" science so Physics, Maths or Chemistry so Psychology and a humanity won't necessarily help there.

DD did biology & psychology (& a biology degree). Be aware that a lot of universities don't count psychology as a science. I suspect a foundation year may be the way to go.

My DD took A level Biology, Psychology & PE along with Core Maths and received offers from Uni of Nottingham, Sheffield, York, Loughborough and Sheffield Hallam to study Biology. There weren't many places she looked at that didn't accept Psychology as a 2nd science (only Scotland and London that we noticed). She is off to Uni of Nottingham in Sept.

Thank you and best of luck to all the kids heading off to Uni in September.
The Unis DD is looking at DO accept Psych as a science but she does need to help k whether a Biology A level a year after the others is accepted too