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I have no idea what i want to be....

Heyy I dont know what i want to be ... I know however i want to be something science and medical related! I never really liked the idea of being a doctor and everyone says i would be a fantastic one but i am not really sure.... Btw i am doing Bio, Chem, Geo, and Maths for a-level as i figured that these will be good a-levels no matter what i decide to be.
Can someone help me pleaseee
Btw i dont like animals and i really (strangely) like paperwork,
Thanks :smile:
medical related yet not a doctor, well have you looked at lab work, in the medical area, biomed, clinical biochem

your be doing paper work any where you go
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Heyy I dont know what i want to be ... I know however i want to be something science and medical related! I never really liked the idea of being a doctor and everyone says i would be a fantastic one but i am not really sure.... Btw i am doing Bio, Chem, Geo, and Maths for a-level as i figured that these will be good a-levels no matter what i decide to be.
Can someone help me pleaseee
Btw i dont like animals and i really (strangely) like paperwork,
Thanks :smile:

You could aspire to become something under the category of 'allied to medicine' - audiologist, counsellor, health services manager, nutritionist, occupational therapist, optometrist, orthoptist, physiotherapist, podiatrist, radiographer and speech therapist (to take some of the examples given here.)
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-nurse (you will cover science but only for humans)
-veterinary nurse (you will cover a lot of animal science and get to look after animals),
-vet science (all medical science related to animals),
- zoology (not sure what this degree is about but i assume a lot of animal science.lol)
-biomed (can sometimes include animal science but is generally a medical science degree),
-medical biochemistry (biochem but only the medically related bits),
-physiology (this can include a lot of animal and human study)

of you could try something like:
- forensic science (lots of chemistry but also analysis of human death and human DNA)
- a combined degree (eg biology and anthropology, chemistry and maths, biology and geography ect...)- combined studies are usually good for student who are unsure about what they want to do.


maybe also you could go to some uni open day and see which unis you like the most then see what degrees they offer. finding the right uni for you i think is half the battle :smile:

hope i have helped, good luck
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Thanks soo much this has really helped
:smile:
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What is it about being a doctor that you don't like the idea of?

When I was younger (back at school) and was thinking about careers, I had the same kind of idea as you; I liked the medical side of things, but I really didn't want to be a doctor.
Looking back on it now, I realised that it was more being a GP that I didn't like the idea of.

There are a million and one routes out there for medics - some things you would never have heard of!

My personal advice would be to do a medical degree. Like you said, you really enjoy medicine and will therefore enjoy the study of it. And after your degree you can take any path you like, be it research, specialist, councelling, etc.
The problem many people find is that they don't do a medicine degree and then later need one to persue a particular topic of interest for them.

Doing medicine opens the door to a world of options, many of which you'll enjoy, and does not mean you have to be a doctor.
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What is it about being a doctor that you don't like the idea of?

When I was younger (back at school) and was thinking about careers, I had the same kind of idea as you; I liked the medical side of things, but I really didn't want to be a doctor.
Looking back on it now, I realised that it was more being a GP that I didn't like the idea of.

There are a million and one routes out there for medics - some things you would never have heard of!

My personal advice would be to do a medical degree. Like you said, you really enjoy medicine and will therefore enjoy the study of it. And after your degree you can take any path you like, be it research, specialist, councelling, etc.
The problem many people find is that they don't do a medicine degree and then later need one to persue a particular topic of interest for them.

Doing medicine opens the door to a world of options, many of which you'll enjoy, and does not mean you have to be a doctor.



Thanks i had never thought of it that way....
only problem is i got a B in maths, would that be ok still
You should try to take up nursing course, because that course is in demand right now. But i think the cost of that degree is the problem.

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