and, how often do you go out? do you have time to fit in a sport once/twice a week? on average, how many hours/week do you work/study (including official uni hours consisting of lectures etc)

If by 'out', you mean out in the town for a night of clubbing/drinking, then not so much anymore. I still go out every weekend or every other weekend though, for dinners, few drinks at the bar, exhibitions, movies, galleries, etc, just not many of the crazy late night antics I use to get up to in my earlier years.

Outside of lectures/clinical rotations, I study very little to none. I use my freetime to do whatever I want. Read, watch movies, pursue photography, play video games. When it comes to around 2 months before revision time I'll slowly start doing a bit of studying day by day.

Reply 204

soontobedoctor

Original post by tpxvs

what happens if you fail? how many people in your year have been kicked out?

is your life 90% about medicine?

No. I wouldn't be surprised if many of my peers' were though.

If I fail, I fail. I don't really think about failing though.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 205

soontobedoctor

Original post by tpxvs

by the way, thanks for answering all these questions! :smile:

its been really helpful, im on a gap year and will be starting this sept :smile:

Thanks, and good luck

Reply 206

soontobedoctor

Original post by tpxvs

why are you up at this hour?

Trying to study :wink:

Reply 207

AspiringGenius

Original post by soontobedoctor

Don't fret - I don't either. I'm an 'inbetweener' if you want to put a label to it. But it's all good. People respect individuality :smile:

This might be a bit hard to answer, but when you first got to medical school, how much of the cohort were doing medicine because they were genuinely interested, rather than for the money, pushed by their parents etc. ?

Reply 208

iesians

Original post by soontobedoctor

Btw, these questions are getting boring! Ask me something new, different; ANYTHING.

is it easy to hook up in med schools ?
are there bullies aorund ? or everyone is too busy studying ?
what was your most embarrasing moment in med school ??! :tongue:

im an aspiring singer as well , do yuo get time to do all this stuff and study as well....?!

Reply 209

AS01

Original post by soontobedoctor

Yes i have bulky books, but I have a bad habit of buying books and not reading them.

DON'T buy bulky books. It's not necessary and you will regret it when you have to move house.

Yes alot of the time you have to do your own research. I honestly think it's bull**** I'm paying a crap load of money for learning that I essentially do on my own (keeping in mind I pay international student fees).

You will meet some consultants who can't be bothered. Some who really care. Some who are super nice to you. Some who are real dicks to you. Be not afraid though, they just want to toughen you up for this hectic profession, and you will be glad for them.

thanx for the advice. whoa! so you paid international fees through out 5 years?

Reply 210

rsp

Original post by soontobedoctor

How far away are the clinical placements, do you get help with transport?
Is there something you wish you had taken with you to medial school?
Did you type up lecture notes throughout the year?
What societies did you join?
After irst year were the people you shared a house with all medica students!

Reply 211

Becca-Sarah

The entire Medicine forum and its Medical Community Discussion subforum exist for questions such as those asked here, and posting questions in separate topic-driven threads for all students to answer would enable all applicants to gain a more varied and balanced view of medical school than the single perspective of an individual medical student, however valid the experiences of that student may be. There are many current students and practicing doctors willing to answer questions on all aspects of medical school, and it doesn't make sense to have a thread per student.

Keeping questions about different aspects of medical student life (studying, socialising, sports, etc) also allow the answers to be found more easily through the search function than requiring people to trawl through enormous multiquestion threads covering a multitude of topics. Questions specific to an individual medical school should be posted in the thread for that medical schools current applicants, found in Community Discussion.

Information on grades and experience (work exp & extra-curricular) gained by hundreds of successful & unsuccessful applicants, current students and doctors can be found in the Medics & Applicants Profiles Thread.

Medical students from a selection of universities have also posted insightful "A Week In The Life Of A Medical Student" guides on the Wiki. There are also reflections from a series of students at the end of their first year at medical school.