Reapplying to medicine but already got offers?

If on results day I came out with 3 A*s would turning down a medicine offer and reapplying still be as crazy as it was previously?

If on results day I came out with 3 A*s would turning down a medicine offer and reapplying be crazy?

If on results day I came out with 3 A*s would turning down a medicine offer and reapplying be crazy?

If on results day I came out with 3 A*s would turning down a medicine offer and reapplying be crazy?

I had offers from Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool. I have placed Cardiff as my firm. I was rejected from Oxford after my interview.

Last year I decided where to apply based almost entirely on admissions criteria and perceived level of competition rather than whether I was suited to a particular course. I would've ideally wanted to apply to places such as imperial and UCL and I feel that I may have overestimated to an extent how competive these places would be , especially now after seeing classmates with lower GCSEs, AS scores and bmat scores getting accepted.

I understand that reapplying is always a huge risk, but I feel like I was far too risk averse this year and as a result may be going to a university I am not suited to.

They're all fairly traditional lecture based courses and this is the method which I think would be most effective for my style of learning. Cardiff and Liverpool both utilise problem/case based learning which I don't think I will adapt to well. Birmingham does have a greater volume of lecture teaching time but other aspects of the course like the infrequent prosection and the very large year group put me off.

I will concede that a slight desire to go to a "more prestigious" university is also a factor even through I understand that this makes little to no difference. While prestige has no impact on practical matters such a foundation applications it certainly does have an impact on my own self-esteem. I feel as if the work I've done over my school career to achieve the highest possibly grades has been in vain as I've ultimately ended up somewhere I could've in theory got to with far lower achievements. I don't mean for that to come across as arrogant in any way, it's simply the thoughts I've been having.

In the end I'm unlikely to actually reapply, as has already been mentioned the stress of repeating admissions tests etc once again would not be pleasant. I just want to explore the possibly so my final decision is well informed and I don't regret not investigating this in the years to come.

Oh get over it. Medical science is the same wherever you learn it. Fair enough if PBL isn't your favourite style of learning (and small group work wasn't mine either) but it's only for two years, not the rest of your life. Most of your learning will be done by yourself, PBL or lectures are more for guidance than anything else. You'll still have to go away and hammer the concepts into your head by yourself, and you can do that just as well at Cardiff as anywhere else.

Medicine is filled with pointless hoop jumping, irritating exercises, and things you'd just simply rather not be doing. It starts the day you set foot into medical school and continues until you retire. I suggest you get used to it.

I think this is almost entirely about your self-esteem, as you've identified yourself. Your efforts clearly haven't been in vain: you got into medical school,; most of the other applicants didn't. The problem is not with Cardiff, it's with you, so I'll say it again: get over it.

Oh get over it. Medical science is the same wherever you learn it. Fair enough if PBL isn't your favourite style of learning (and small group work wasn't mine either) but it's only for two years, not the rest of your life. Most of your learning will be done by yourself, PBL or lectures are more for guidance than anything else. You'll still have to go away and hammer the concepts into your head by yourself, and you can do that just as well at Cardiff as anywhere else.

Medicine is filled with pointless hoop jumping, irritating exercises, and things you'd just simply rather not be doing. It starts the day you set foot into medical school and continues until you retire. I suggest you get used to it.

I think this is almost entirely about your self-esteem, as you've identified yourself. Your efforts clearly haven't been in vain: you got into medical school,; most of the other applicants didn't. The problem is not with Cardiff, it's with you, so I'll say it again: get over it.

They're all fairly traditional lecture based courses and this is the method which I think would be most effective for my style of learning. Cardiff and Liverpool both utilise problem/case based learning which I don't think I will adapt to well. Birmingham does have a greater volume of lecture teaching time but other aspects of the course like the infrequent prosection and the very large year group put me off.

I will concede that a slight desire to go to a "more prestigious" university is also a factor even through I understand that this makes little to no difference. While prestige has no impact on practical matters such a foundation applications it certainly does have an impact on my own self-esteem. I feel as if the work I've done over my school career to achieve the highest possibly grades has been in vain as I've ultimately ended up somewhere I could've in theory got to with far lower achievements. I don't mean for that to come across as arrogant in any way, it's simply the thoughts I've been having.

In the end I'm unlikely to actually reapply, as has already been mentioned the stress of repeating admissions tests etc once again would not be pleasant. I just want to explore the possibly so my final decision is well informed and I don't regret not investigating this in the years to come.

Yeah exactly how I felt. Thats why I re-applied to KCL + Barts (2 fairly prestigious unis?) after taking involuntary gap year..got offers from both luckily

I thought you reapplied because you got no Medicine offers? Not really the same... are you just here to rub the OP's nose in the fact that you got offers from unis you perceive as more prestigious than Cardiff?

INVOLUNTARY GAP YEAR I SAID. Implying that I was forced to take a gap year because I received no offers last year for medicine.

I also applied to KCL + Barts last year. And I also applied to KCL + Barts this year. Therefore I re-applied to KCL + Barts this year.

All I am saying is, I know what the OP feels like.

If on results day I came out with 3 A*s would turning down a medicine offer and reapplying be crazy?