[Josh_Dey]

What are your reasons for doing medicine?

Put them here!

[Caponester]

Intellectually stimulating and practically useful career that allows me to work with the general public, actively participate in research and teach all at the same time. I also get to work for the National Health Service, which is important to me.

[modini]

I love sticking my fingers up people's back sides.

[DrMeredithGrey]

I know it sounds really cliche but I want to help people and do something that makes a difference. There is also the additional bonus that as soon as you graduate you're basically guaranteed a job; and there are so many different pathways and opportunities in medicine, doing a degree in it does not necessarily limit you to doing one specific thing for the rest of your career. You just have to be able to get the A level grades first! :/

[Josh_Dey]

(Original post by Caponester)
Intellectually stimulating and practically useful career that allows me to work with the general public, actively participate in research and teach all at the same time. I also get to work for the National Health Service, which is important to me.

Amazing. I entirely share what you've just said, I also hope to work for the NHS some time in the future.

[XO*]

Anybody whos reason for doing medicine is for the money, you're a total imbecile.

[Elwyn]

(Original post by XO*)
Anybody whos reason for doing medicine is for the money, you're a total imbecile.

I've been called worse.

[lukas1051]

We all know the real rea$$$on people are so 'passionate' about medicine

[H.J.P]

(Original post by lukas1051)
We all know the real rea$$$on people are so 'passionate' about medicine

lol medicine is the WORST career if you want easy money. Long hours, emotionaly and physically draining, no social life, huge debt. For what you do as a doctor, the pay is not a lot.

[lukas1051]

(Original post by H.J.P)
lol medicine is the WORST career if you want easy money. Long hours, emotionaly and physically draining, no social life, huge debt. For what you do as a doctor, the pay is not a lot.

All I'm trying to say is there's a reason it's so competitive, and I'd say it's probably the same reason (to some extent) subjects like Law and Economics are so competitive too.

[jashan]

Obvious attempt at getting some info for a personal statement?

[Democracy]

My surname is Doctor. Now I want to be Doctor Doctor.

[AndrewWong92]

Money, respect and woman.

Not really :P (but kinda true to an extent)

Wanting to help people in a physical and emotional way and a career which is intellectually stimulating

[Beska]

There's so many threads like this - just search. All you're going to get now is sarcastic answers since the entire reserve of serious ones have been used and expired a long, long time ago.