Chemistry at Durham or Medicine at Liverpool - what's the more respected degree?

If you're comparing them on the basis of their reputation, I don't think you should go for medicine.

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Why? Please expand.

Why? Please expand.

You don't study medicine because it's "well respected." You do it because you want to become a doctor and truly couldn't imagine any other career.

People go into medicine or my other career for a whole variety of reasons.

I might be faced with this option in a few months.So which degree is more respected in your opinion a Chemistry degree from Durham or a degree in Medicine from Liverpool?

I wasn't trying to suggest they're the only two reasons - what I meant is that they should be the main reasons someone wants to study medicine in my opinion,

In your opinion. It's an opinion I happen to agree with as you should have a passion in a job. But I've met people who hate the career they've fallen into but are more than capable of doing it.

Of course, you can be a great doctor even if you do hate your career. My argument was more for the sake of this thread - I think OP would be applying for the wrong reasons if they're just looking to study a well respected degree. Especially since the medicine application process is so rigorous and the admissions teams are looking for applicants with genuine passion.

Only a complete fool would choose Chemistry at Durham over Medicine anywhere in the UK, unless they really did not want to become a doctor.

Wow! Looks like I've been told! Haha! Thanks for your bluntness.


More views are welcome.

Durham isn't even on a level close to KCL, let alone UCL, Imperial and Oxbridge. Why would you think doing Chemistry at Durham is prestigious? I wish you said Oxford or Imperial, at least that would have made a tougher choice, but Medicine would still come top for prestige (just).