Pllzzzzzzz Help Current Medicine Students

**emma05** · 28-09-2006, 12:57 AM

Well said! I do wonder about some people.......

Emma

Access to Medicine Sussex Downs College 2006-2007

**racheljane** · 29-09-2006, 01:25 AM

I agree... 'Complex' your attitude towards studying is not really one you'd expect from a medical student. Five years of intense study and numerous tests is just the start of it. Continuous study and exams throughout the rest of your career is likely, as are long hours, shift work, stress and hard decision making. Not something you should launch yourself into with an attitude of 'can't decide what to do but don't want to be arsed to revise much'. Also if you are adamant you can't take a gap year then what will you do if you are rejected by your uni choices this year (many straight A students apply for two or three years running before they get a place).
If you absolutely feel ready to apply, then I would advise also adding two non-medicine choices to your UCAS form such as biomedical sciences; then at least you've got something to fall back on without having to take a gap year. Although I'm intrigued as to why you can't - unis love students who've taken a gap year and done something really good with it.

By the way I am a potential med student (like Gizmo); please don't be so rude as to dismiss our help and suggestions as we're just two of many on these forums who happen to have spent a very long time RESEARCHING all this to make sure we are doing the right thing.

**NorthernLight** · 29-09-2006, 01:03 PM

Don't waste your time and the time of UCAS and admissions tutors. Your reasons for wanting to do medicine seem sketchy at best and your attitude right now wouldn't get you even half way through first year. Yes medicine is hard. It's a lot of work and takes a lot of self-motivation, which you don't appear to have right now. You wouldn't enjoy it and it's unlikely any admission tutor would offer you a place anyway.
Also, don't be rude to folk like Gizmo who know a thousand times more than you about applying to med school.
Frankly, if people like Giz and racheljane are still waiting for a medical school place, it would fill me with despair if somebody like you used one up before they had a chance. Nothing personal, it's just you don't really seem (from what you write) to have any true commitment to the life of a doctor, and without that you'd drop out of studying at the first stressfull or difficult thing you came across...which is quite likely to be long before the end of first year...

**Leo2004** · 10-08-2009, 11:04 PM

My tuppence, for what it's worth...

You have to be fairly committed in terms of study time
at medschool to pass - even then the questions can be
tricky due to the massive amount of stuff expected to be learnt
andd the many ways it can be asked. There are also lots of practical
and communication assessments to pass which demand a degree of
professionalism and good communications skills.

Also you need to be aware of the job reality thru work experience
and give of an air of how privileged you'd feel to be given the chance
to study very hard to become a doctor and genuinely like patients
to stand a good chance of getting a place.

If you feel confused and frustrated about the whole idea, this will
probably show at interview, which wouldn't be the best.

Take some time out to think about what to do and take full advantage
of all opinions and info on this forum - many of the contributers have
been involved in the milleu of medicine for years including aspiring
medics, current med students, doctors and admissions tutors!!!

Good luck in whatever you decide ...

**Clarkey** · 11-08-2009, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Leo2004

My tuppence, for what it's worth...

You have to be fairly committed in terms of study time
at medschool to pass - even then the questions can be
tricky due to the massive amount of stuff expected to be learnt
andd the many ways it can be asked. There are also lots of practical
and communication assessments to pass which demand a degree of
professionalism and good communications skills.

Also you need to be aware of the job reality thru work experience
and give of an air of how privileged you'd feel to be given the chance
to study very hard to become a doctor and genuinely like patients
to stand a good chance of getting a place.

If you feel confused and frustrated about the whole idea, this will
probably show at interview, which wouldn't be the best.

Take some time out to think about what to do and take full advantage
of all opinions and info on this forum - many of the contributers have
been involved in the milleu of medicine for years including aspiring
medics, current med students, doctors and admissions tutors!!!

Good luck in whatever you decide ...

This is nearly three years old, hopefully they've made their choice by now