[TheDannyManCan]

Applying to Keele! Whereas I thought I'd at least get an interview from them, I got a straight out rejection, which is funny 'cause I got 3 interviews from other places and now have 1 offer - what someone said above about it not mattering where you do your degree? Couldn't agree more. I am just so happy I'm gonna study medicine

[Joseppea]

(Original post by TheDannyManCan)
Applying to Keele! Whereas I thought I'd at least get an interview from them, I got a straight out rejection, which is funny 'cause I got 3 interviews from other places and now have 1 offer - what someone said above about it not mattering where you do your degree? Couldn't agree more. I am just so happy I'm gonna study medicine

Bold bit is the same as me....exactly.

[TheDannyManCan]

(Original post by Joseppea)
Bold bit is the same as me....exactly.

Hey, who needs 'em, eh?

[Blorcyn]

(Original post by junior.doctor)
X.

Although I don't know the explicit details of junior.doctors progression, I do feel like I'm starting on that path.

I can't say I really regret my route into medicine, I'd never have ended up at Durham/Newcastle if I hadn't lost two years somewhere along the route, and I'm very happy here as a 1st year medic. If I hadn't had my gap year, I wouldn't have the ambitions that I do have now.

However, although I don't regret the circumstances and luck that got me here, I do worry about how they'll affect where I go.

I'm the age of your average graduate but no degree. I want that added range and so feel like I'll intercalate, which puts me out at 26 when graduating. 2 years more and I'll have finished my FY placements. I recognise 28 isn't old, there are first years on my course significantly older than that, but my worry is how this will affect my ability to have a family while also trying to work abroad.

Unless I find myself someone who's willing to work in the developing world I can see my aid work being lonely and in competition with my desire to have a family.

Just to make clear though - I'm not falling apart over this, but it is what I worry about as a result of my particular pathway to medicine, which is as close to a regret I have so far, professionally.

[vortex_199]

Found this thread and thought it was worth digging up.

I'm going into fourth year now and I only regret applying so far away from home. After so long, the homesickness has caught up to me.