AHHHH !! Medical school no go

Hi ya

- its my dream to be a doctor and theres nothing i wouldn't do to live it

that's probably a rather unconventional suggestion but anyway:
how about studying abroad? In certain countries it is easier to get into medicine (France and Italy for example). Maybe you already speak a foreign language? Otherwise you could learn one...
I know a doctor who did exactly that because his grades weren't good enough for German standards. And for me it's actually the same, I wouldn't ave gotten into psychology in Germany but in Scotland it's a lot easier...

Just to consider all options

hey guys ,

so as you can probably tell from my user name I reaaaallllyyy want to be a doctor - in particular a children's doctor.

however my As levels ....not so pretty so i just wondered what course is best to do - child nursing or neurology for post graduate application.

I know nursing has the clinical experience and I have a job at the end of it however, neuroscience is a subject that i am mad about and it is at the uni i want to study medicine in, but im not guaranteed work straight after

My GCSES were A* , D*, , AAAAAAA,BBB

And my AS grades CDE - I am retaking one of each of the two exams from each subject to get them all up to B's predicted CCB but I have mitigation grounds

I have 2 weeks clinical experience at guys and at a dentist- I also work in a pharmacy

help please x P

... with mental health and anxiety issues? Hmmm.

Since nobody else has said it, I may as well. No matter what the mitigating circumstances, predicted grades of CCB are not going to cut it.

OP - do you realise you must be predicted a minimum AAA to apply for medicine, you can't apply with your predicted grades? Have you researched the workload and intensity of medicine, because if anxiety was an issue with GCSE's, you may well find medicine overwhelming, even if you were able to get the grades to apply.

im going for neuroscience not medicine for undergrad

Since nobody else has said it, I may as well. No matter what the mitigating circumstances, predicted grades of CCB are not going to cut it.

There seems to be a bit of misunderstanding on this thread then.

yeah it was fine yesterday - im not sure why people got the idea i was applying for under grad medicine - especially since the title is medical school no go ha ha

Just something else for you to consider - you say that you have had mental health difficulties, in particular anxiety, and that you find exams very anxiety-inducing. Have you considered how you would cope with a course like medicine? It is very intense, with a lot of exams. Basically, what I'm saying is, if you want to go for medicine then you need to have some kind of strategy in place for how you're going to tackle exams differently so that you can manage them and not find yourself too overwhelmed by anxiety. Mental health difficulties are by no means a barrier to studying medicine, and there are many medical students and doctors with mental health difficulties, and who cope with the demands and rigours of the course. However, you need to be realistic and make sure that you have a workable plan in place to make sure that what happened during your AS levels doesn't keep repeating itself in subsequent years.

Would you like me to move it to a more suitable forum?

Naturally,I have my reasons… But, I just wanted to say it is never too late to change your mind about what direction your life is taking!