Want to move to UK< but what should I do :(

Story:

My mother is English and she had me in America. I have been to England quite a few times over the years and all my family is there. I have family in America but they suck and treat me as though I do not even exist. My mother wants to move back, my grandmother wants to move back, my dad will move if my mom is intent on moving back and he's completely open to it because he is sick of his family as well.

I am 22 years old, never been to college. Dropped out of high school and got a G.E.D. (general education diploma). Dropped out due to medical issues and prolonged absence. When in class my grades were usually failing 55 = fail. On test though i routinely got A's and highest scores statewide. Main reason for failing was the fact participation took up 60-70% and I was absent and couldn't participate enough.

I ended up working as a receptionist, then an executive and finally as a commercial real estate consultant (I find millionaires and sometimes billionaires investors to well... invest in any number of projects) very nice paying job; however, it's not what I want to do.

I want to be a psychologist so I have to of course go to school. I considered getting BA in America and then doing masters in England; however, that would mean 4-5 years until I can move to England and I am rather fed up right about now with everything here. I honestly feel like a foreigner here. I sound English, and if I am not consciously trying to subdue my accent so people stop going "excuse me, what?" it's pretty obvious. Whoa, got sidetracked. Any way, If I were to move to England sooner, say a year, exactly what path would I take to becoming a psychologist?

I am 22, would i be too old for A levels? Also what exactly is an access to higher education diploma?

Are you not a british citizen by descent?

If you were born outside the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983

This section also applies to you if you were born outside a qualifying territory on or after 21 May 2002 and had a parent who was a British citizen.

Whether or not you are a British citizen depends on the type of citizenship your parents had. This may be British citizenship by descent or otherwise than by descent.

British citizenship may descend to one generation born abroad. So if you were born outside the United Kingdom or qualifying territory and one of your parents was a British citizen otherwise than by descent, you are a British citizen by descent. If you were born before 1 July 2006 you may not qualify if your parents were not married at the time of your birth.

However, you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent if at the time of your birth one of your parents was a British citizen in Crown service, designated service, or service of a European Community institution and he/she was recruited to that service:

in the United Kingdom;
in the United Kingdom or a qualifying territory (if you were born on or after 21 May 2002); or
in the European Community (for service with a European Community institution).
If you were born outside the United Kingdom or qualifying territory and your parents were British citizens by descent, you are not a British citizen. However, you may be able to apply to register as a British citizen (see registration of a child).

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/othernationality/Britishcitizenship/bornoverseas/

Assuming the mother isn't a citizen by descent (born to british parent(s) outside the UK), OP should be a citizen by descent. 22 yo would be after 1983 and the non-married parents doesn't apply when the mother is British.

This might be the site for more info:

http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/passports/

My mother was born in Nottingham and lived there until she was 17. I am applying for my passport. My question I guess is more of a education one.

You could always go to college for A-levels, obviously you'd be older than the other students, but it's not unheard of for people in their twenties to return to education.  Alternatively, you could go to university for a foundation year before starting a BA course.  Some unis might even accept you with just your GED.  Your first step should be researching unis and then contacting the ones who have programmes you'd be interested in to see what their admissions requirements are.  Remember also that you will be treated as an international student even though you are a British citizen, because you haven't been resident in the UK or EU for the past three years.  This means that your tuition will be much higher and you won't be eligible for the government funding that UK students can access--you'd probably have to get US student loans. 

You could always go to college for A-levels, obviously you'd be older than the other students, but it's not unheard of for people in their twenties to return to education.  Alternatively, you could go to university for a foundation year before starting a BA course.  Some unis might even accept you with just your GED.  Your first step should be researching unis and then contacting the ones who have programmes you'd be interested in to see what their admissions requirements are.  Remember also that you will be treated as an international student even though you are a British citizen, because you haven't been resident in the UK or EU for the past three years.  This means that your tuition will be much higher and you won't be eligible for the government funding that UK students can access--you'd probably have to get US student loans. 

Being that it would take 8 years or so to get all the education I want I am assuming that the first 3 years will be one loan and from then on I would get pricing typical of one living there?

Being that it would take 8 years or so to get all the education I want I am assuming that the first 3 years will be one loan and from then on I would get pricing typical of one living there?

How do you figure it taking 8 years? A UK bachelors degree is 3 years, and a masters is 1 year.

You can become a psychologist in the UK with as little as a 3-year bachelors degree (although to become chartered you would need the equivalent of a PhD as well).

So even if you took a year first to do A-levels (you can take psychology at A level as well) or a foundation programme, that's still only either 4 or 5 years (depending on whether you did a masters as well). Or if you wanted to get a PhD too (or the equivalent in training), which is usually 3 years, that would be about 7-8 years in total.

It might be the case though that you can enter the profession with just a bachelors and then work your way to the higher qualifications during your career.

Some info:
- http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/psychological-therapies/psychologist/entry-requirements/
-http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/psychological-therapies/psychologist/training/
- http://www.bps.org.uk/
- http://www.prospects.ac.uk/clinical_psychologist_entry_requirements.htm

Being that it would take 8 years or so to get all the education I want I am assuming that the first 3 years will be one loan and from then on I would get pricing typical of one living there?

That would depend on the uni's policy.  Students are normally never considered resident for fee purposes no matter how long they're here, unless they have another claim to residency, which obviously you do.  You'd have to ask the uni.  

I'm studying to be a psychologist too. Are you looking to be a clinical one? Forensic? Educational? That's important to know because Ksand pointed out what you need to be a clinical psychologist but if you wanted to be practising in a different field of psychology a masters will let you do that a lot of the time. A BSc will only allow you to be an assistant psychologist but that pays really well too.

You could always go to college for A-levels, obviously you'd be older than the other students, but it's not unheard of for people in their twenties to return to education.  Alternatively, you could go to university for a foundation year before starting a BA course.  Some unis might even accept you with just your GED.  Your first step should be researching unis and then contacting the ones who have programmes you'd be interested in to see what their admissions requirements are.  Remember also that you will be treated as an international student even though you are a British citizen, because you haven't been resident in the UK or EU for the past three years.  This means that your tuition will be much higher and you won't be eligible for the government funding that UK students can access--you'd probably have to get US student loans.  

Remember the BOLD bit here. This also includes things like job seekers, housing benefits, etc.

Alternatively, the OP can always come over, settle and get to work to save to go back to education in three years time. Or, when eligible, enrol into Open University and go from there.