Family comments to medics.

No, not just you. I have always wanted to study Medicine, but no one in my family has ever gone to uni.They all seem to think education is a waste of time and they kind of mock it. :mad:

Its just bizarre (to me anyway), as I would never dream of making fun of someone who has worked extremely hard to get into a career such as Medicine. I find it a bit of a contridiction, as none of them have a single qualification between them and they think if you have it is useless. :confused:

Reply 5

OP

Nor

when i applied no1 knew about it ... it really saves these unneccesarily comments .. i really hate these comments

my family just nows recently about it when i got reply from uni .

Really? Why did you choose to do that?

How did you fund doing the UKCAT/BMAT and getting up and down the country for interviews? Wasn't it difficult not telling family where you were going when you did W/e?

Reply 6

Saffie

"I used to think doctors had to be intelligent, but obviously not"

While I was applying: "What are you going to do at uni?", "Medicine", "What about when you dont get a place?" ... I got a place... "What about when you fail first year?" ... I passed.... "So, can you leave with a degree after 3 years there?"... :rolleyes:

Oh well.. I'll just be extra arrogant to make up for their lack of faith :wink:

Reply 7

Nor

2klthor

Really? Why did you choose to do that?

How did you fund doing the UKCAT/BMAT and getting up and down the country for interviews? Wasn't it difficult not telling family where you were going when you did W/e?

i didnt revise for both the ukcat and bmat (gosh i really whish i would have :p:

). I only had one interview and had many mock interviews at school with a great teacher .as well as to that i bought a book for medical interviews (around 20 pounds... i know i know it really was expernsive but really rich in information). i went to the interview myself and organised most stuff on my own.i also got some help from medical friends .

Reply 8

OP

Nor

i didnt revise for both the ukcat and bmat (gosh i really whish i would have :p:

). I only had one interview and had many mock interviews at school with a great teacher .as well as to that i bought a book for medical interviews (around 20 pounds... i know i know it really was expernsive but really rich in information). i went to the interview myself and organised most stuff on my own.i also got some help from medical friends .

Congrats, that sounds tough.

Reply 9

Cynicism 101

My referee: "You won't get in. Do you want me to go over the Extra process again?"
My family: "Why are you bothering to apply? You won't get in anyway"

I got offers though, my referee's face was soo worth watching when I told her.

Reply 10

tom_tom_tom

18

"you a doctor id run a mile"

that hurt hard :frown:

no one wanted me as a doctor anyway so they were right!

Reply 11

~Adel~

101 Cynicism

My referee: "You won't get in. Do you want me to go over the Extra process again?"
My family: "Why are you bothering to apply? You won't get in anyway"

I got offers though, my referee's face was soo worth watching when I told her.

That happened to my father. He thought i wouldn't even get an offer, my 1st reply was a rejection, which he took it as what he expected. After 3 months, my first offer came followed by the 2nd and third offers. I didn't get to see his expression since i'm away from my home town but according to my mum, he had quite a lengthy chat with my mum regarding my offers.(maybe he just couldn't believe it?)

Reply 12

dances_with_lamposts

i dont know if this counts, but when i told my boss im going to apply he just flat out said "you wont get in". that was really mean. :frown:

i was hoping that he would be my referee too.

Reply 13

OP

what is your current job? could he act as your referee?

Reply 14

dances_with_lamposts

im a biomedical scientist. he was my project supervisor for my final year dissertation aswell last year.

i didnt really get on with my course organiser, she took over half way through the course and was sooooo disorganised it was unbelievable.

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fairy spangles

1

Heres the favourite one from my family:

"if you become a doctor, people will come out of comas pack their bags and all go home"

See now i dont think that would actually be a bad thing!! But they keep saying it to me.

Reply 16

graemematt

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Yeah, my dad keeps on telling me I've got a fine career ahead of me as an orthopaedic surgeon (cue double blind trial jokes/black and decker toolbox essentials, etc etc :p:

). He's a neurologist though so he's meant to be academically gifted and emotionally/socially challenged :smile:

Furthermore my pals still have this feeling I shouldn't go into medicine because I was unsuccessful the first (and second, oops!) time around. They'll never say it to me directly, but there's definetely a condescending feeling going around, as theyre going into jobs soon and settling (out of my 4 good pals from home, one's doing his postgrad legal stuff, one's doing a PGCE to be a maths teachers, one's commencing a graduate scheme and the fourth is job-hunting. But he's a legend so it's OK :biggrin:

)

Basically, the point is not to let these comments get you down. They're merely humorous. Wait til you're their GP, then prescribe them smarties instead of the co-codamol they're after :smile:

Reply 17

m197

dont worry about it. i was advised against applying by my career adviser in year 10!

she said: "i dont think you can get into medicine it's such a competitive course. How about business instead?"

then some family thought being a girl in medicine is too hard and that i shouldnt waste my youth studying!

"you a doctor id run a mile"

and my chemistry teacher said that to me too :frown:

ah well, let them think what they think. it's about what YOU think of it!

Reply 18

m197

graemematt

Wait til you're their GP, then prescribe them smarties instead of the co-codamol they're after :smile:

i think i might do that! gonna be fun :biggrin:

!!!!

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