Where do I look for work experience? How long should it be? Does it have to be directly related to medicine? Would just working at a hospice, old peoples home be good enough if I don't find work experience at a hospital/gp?
Pretty sure it has no bearing. A lot of my classmates went on gap years. It may be indirectly an advantage, because (hopefully) you will have gained some life experienced by then and come off as a more mature person in your application.
Awesome. Just what I wanted to hear!
What kind of work experience did your classmates do? Do you think volunteering abroad or working in the country would be best?
Do you feel stressed alot or put down/lack of confidence at all?
1) Very little, but I am not an accurate representation of the average med student. I'd say around exam time, most of my peers will be cranking through 8 hours a day two months in advance.
2) Free time is completely up to you. At my uni we don't get homework or assignments. It's basically up to you to keep up and pass your exams at the end of the year.
It's not hard to pass exams in medical school. I know because I have scraped many times with literally a few days work. However, if you want to do well and get merits/distinctions, be prepared to be working months in advance to your exams.
3) Hah, no. I wish.
4) Me personally, no. I failed in my 2nd year (but passed on retakes). I have bordered on edge of failure many times that I have developed a I-have-nothing-to-lose attitude now, so it doesn't stress me out so much. In general however, most of your peers will complain that they don't know enough and so-and-so is working so much harder than them, blah blah.
Because of delusions of grandeur: I was an over-confident 18 year old who believed he had the talent to do anything he wished. I debated between Art and Medicine. In the end, I felt bored and needed a challenge so I chose the latter.
Oh.
Was it one of those 'Iwannasavetheworldwithmymedicalpowers' spur of the moment type things?
What kind of work experience did your classmates do? Do you think volunteering abroad or working in the country would be best?
No idea. I think you guys think too much into the UCAS. You don't need to do anything super extraordinary to make yourself stand out. Most of the time, medical schools (even the best ones) just want some normal people they think they can teach.
And you have to remember, people will **** up their applications on their own (of which I think there are many). All you have to do is not to write something absurd.
If it helps, I didn't have any medical-related work experience. I did some teaching programme instead.
you are the perfect perosn for meh !im gonna start it in fall ! lol
ok so my question do you get time for leisure activities, and also is everyone in medical colleges like PROPER NERDS ?!
How you divide your time is completely up to you. You know, your second question is interesting. I've been trying to form my own opinions about medical students - what type of personality traits they engender, etc. I am sure alot of them are proper nerds (and by nerds I mean hardworking), but not in your stereotypical way at all. You will be surprised.
Medical school is not a hard degree. You will have plenty of down time in the first two years. In fact, I remember hanging out with my flatmates in our kitchen and we were all saying how bored we were actually.
No idea. I think you guys think too much into the UCAS. You don't need to do anything super extraordinary to make yourself stand out. Most of the time, medical schools (even the best ones) just want some normal people they think they can teach.
And you have to remember, people will **** up their applications on their own (of which I think there are many). All you have to do is not to write something absurd.
If it helps, I didn't have any medical-related work experience. I did some teaching programme instead.
Muchas gracias
Last thing, could you tell me what your A-Level results were? Also, apart from the teaching programme thing, what other work experience did you have?
Medical school is not a hard degree. You will have plenty of down time in the first two years. In fact, I remember hanging out with my flatmates in our kitchen and we were all saying how bored we were actually.
phew! my biggest worry is not coping with the endless work :P but according to med students if you find alevels ok, then it'll be fine
Hi, What type of questions did they ask you in your interview? Did you reply to the questions honestly, or with all that 'I wanna save the world' stuff? What University do you go to?
have some questions about the intercalated bsc, can you go to a different uni to study there? and roughly what percentage of people do the bsc? would you say it's a wise option to take?