Medicine or Math?

I frequently question whether I'd be good enough..

Same goes for Medicine though really doesn't it? Just work hard at it and remain passionate and you should be good

I totally agree with your last statement!
My mom works in a care home so she's already said that I could do volunteering there x

That's because it's a fact .

But medicine is already difficult enough for people to get into, even if they have a perfect personal statement, loads of extra Curricular s and volunteering and great grades. I just don't think you'll manage to get in unless you really want to, which you obviously don't. And then if you did get in, you'd spend at least the next 6 years studying, and then more for whatever specialisation you choose. And your salary won't be that high until you've been a doctor for at east a few years (by which time you will have probably quit due to not be passionate about it in the first place). So I would probably just explain to your mum that you on't want to do medicine, and then stick with maths. If you change your mind, you could always do a postgraduate medicine degree after as well.

It's Maths, not Math. Are you American or something?

Anyway, do what you're (a) good at, and (b) love doing. To be honest, either of those courses (and especially medicine) are really things that if you have a hope of getting onto, you should have been single-mindedly set on for ages now. Although you could be one of those people who has the potential to become a polymath.

I'm not American, I'm half Filipino and I'm just accustomed to say math...
What's polymath?

A polymath is somebody who has a high level of skill in a wide range of different things. A famous polymath was Leonardo Da Vinci, but there are many others.

I thought he was an artist?

He was many things; he was an excellent artist but he was also a scientist, engineer, mathematician, writer and many many other things too, hence why he is described as a polymath.

What the hell is math??

Which course should I read in University? Which one would provide me with better life and job prospects in the future? Which is more beneficial?

I can't decide myself.. What do you think?

I ended up choosing between medicine and maths too I wasn't sure what I wanted to do afterwards, but medicine is a much bigger commitment. Not only is it a longer course, but you are pretty much locked into doing something medicine related. I decided to do maths because I didn't want to do medicine unless I was sure that it was what I wanted.

Think about it this way; it's far easier to do maths, then medicine, than it is to do medicine, then maths.

Which course should I read in University? Which one would provide me with better life and job prospects in the future? Which is more beneficial?

I can't decide myself.. What do you think?

I think you either want to do study medicine or you don't - there isn't really an in between.
Maybe go for maths if that's where your interest lies. You can make a decent living without the stress of medicine

How is it working out for you?

I'm only a few weeks in, but I'm sure I made the right choice.

Im interested in a psychiatrist profession.. Does that require a medicine degree?

Im interested in a psychiatrist profession.. Does that require a medicine degree?