A shocking experience with dentistry/medicine students!!

I have no sympathies for aptitude tests such as UKCAT if that's the strenuous extent to which you're implying. The same is necessary for other degrees i.e. Law.

The worst thing is when people say things like "But you got the grades, why didn't you get any offers"

or " But I got 5 offers for my course and you're so clever?!?"


Only Medics understand medics i feel sometimes. which why I think we might seem cliquey from the outside.

HE is probably talking about the ridiculously large amount of ECs and WE you have to do.

Yep I understand. But if you wished to practice as a barrister, as an example, the grind for work experience at A level is nothing in comparison to say the amount of pupillage's you require to gain a contract, that's even before you face the competition. This is what frustrates me.

Yep I understand. But if you wished to practice as a barrister, as an example, the grind for work experience at A level is nothing in comparison to say the amount of pupillage's you require to gain a contract, that's even before you face the competition. This is what frustrates me.

I was just at a family party and there were a number of medicine/dentistry students. i was talking to them about other degrees apart from dentistry and medicine and I was talking about bio-medicine pharmacy, optometry and some other courses. They all started laughing and said those courses are for rejects of medicine/dentistry. They said they often use their degree as a way to pick up girls too! I even heard about them saying that some of the students would bully the bio-med and pharmacy students calling them rejects.
They genuinely considered all these other degrees 'below' them, I really hope I dont turn into one of these guys because Im really considering medicine/dentistry

That just further proves the idea that most students who go into medicine and dentistry don't do it for the right reasons and so don't deserve to have a career in healthcare. They are only moved by wealth, status and power and lack compassion, sympathy, understanding and an open mind, preventing them from becoming great doctors in my opinion.

That just further proves the idea that most students who go into medicine and dentistry don't do it for the right reasons and so don't deserve to have a career in healthcare. They are only moved by wealth, status and power and lack compassion, sympathy, understanding and an open mind, preventing them from becoming great doctors in my opinion.

I was just at a family party and there were a number of medicine/dentistry students. i was talking to them about other degrees apart from dentistry and medicine and I was talking about bio-medicine pharmacy, optometry and some other courses. They all started laughing and said those courses are for rejects of medicine/dentistry. They said they often use their degree as a way to pick up girls too! I even heard about them saying that some of the students would bully the bio-med and pharmacy students calling them rejects.
They genuinely considered all these other degrees 'below' them, I really hope I dont turn into one of these guys because Im really considering medicine/dentistry

That just further proves the idea that most students who go into medicine and dentistry don't do it for the right reasons and so don't deserve to have a career in healthcare. They are only moved by wealth, status and power and lack compassion, sympathy, understanding and an open mind, preventing them from becoming great doctors in my opinion.

If you meet those kind of students, just tell them you study maths. It works perfect. Because they are below Mathematicians/Physicist by far and they know it.

Maths/Physics might be smarter academically but how does that mean one is 'below' the other? How do you judge being 'below' somebody else?
Edward Witten gets probably less recognition than a dentist or doctor from the general public, despite the fact that he may have the most incredible mind on the planet.

Im actually interested in maths/physics as a layman though, having read BHOT at 14 as an example, you probably wouldn't get as nice response from other medics/dentsits

I actually think it would be pretty uncontroversial to say that the average medic/dentist is smarter than the average university mathematics student, because all medicine/dentistry courses are at least AAA, whereas you can get in for maths at lower-ranked universities with comparatively low A Level grades.

Although I agree it is ridiculous to suggest that people are "below" others simply due to their university course.

Yes, actually, you're right. Its only the top institutions where the maths/physics students would be more intelligent(basing it on academic achievement) than the medics/dentists.

Maths/Physics might be smarter academically but how does that mean one is 'below' the other? How do you judge being 'below' somebody else?
Edward Witten gets probably less recognition than a dentist or doctor from the general public, despite the fact that he may have the most incredible mind on the planet.

Im actually interested in maths/physics as a layman though, having read BHOT at 14 as an example, you probably wouldn't get as nice response from other medics/dentsits

I said if you meet those kind of arrogant ones. Just if you want to make them feel the same.

And academically every subject has its own value of course. And we can not compare these things.

Wiggum and you make a real big mistake, I see that your logical thinking is not very good.
Because with that explanation Pop musicians would be the better musicians than classical musicians which is clearly the opposite.
But Pop is popular and there are many who follow it and want to become a popstar (because it is also much much easier than to be a real musician).

So medicine is really popular, that means many people go for it. That is why the level is high and you know it, everyone knows it.

Think for a second logically. Why does maths have low numbers? Because it is hard. You know it, everyone knows it.

Mathematics is the most challenging thing for our intellect, not medicine clearly.
But this is like argueing with people who have no clue about music and claiming xxx singer/band is the best and so on.
No, they are not. And medicine is below mathematics if we compare the challenge for our minds. Academically there is nothing like below or above.

If you think maths is the hardest subject, that's fine. I just disagree with you claiming that mathematicians and physicists are "above" medical students. Surely that is a very arrogant statement?

Also, I think you're probably digging yourself into a hole if you claim that the number of people applying for a course indicates how difficult it is...