My career advisor as well as the university advisor said to me IF i get into the uni course, I can do the bridging course to catch up the work I've lost during this year. But it depends on what kind of course you want get into as well as the uni you choose.
Personally, I would have preferred to actually get into the uni course first and then do a bridging course, than to have my abysmal (30-40% was what I was getting) 2u marks pull me down and not get in at all.