I have no idea what job I should do

I study medicine at Oxford and the thought of being a doctor now just makes me want to die

I just want these things:
- a fun life
- an exciting job that is difficult enough to make me feel like I'm accomplishing something...but not a doctor because it preferably has to be well-paid.
- a consistent team of good, fun people with whom I work
- maybe a job that requires me to be active

I know I just described a workplace sitcom but I searched my soul and apparently it's 90% produced by Michael Schur

So what job should I do? Preferably in the healthcare field but I don't really care at this point

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B-elle

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Hi, sorry I don't really have an answer for you, but I'm just wondering more about studying medicine at uni. I'm in year 13 with A*A*A predictions and I'm (almost) definitely not going to get an offer this year due to a low UCAT, so I'm wondering if it's worth reapplying. If I were to do medicine I would want to specialise in paediatrics since I've always wanted to work with children to some degree, and I love chemistry and biology, so kind of just beelined to medicine without a second thought when I was 14... :smile:

I put my whole self into preparing my application, but the application process was brutal and definitely an academic put-down, so I'm wondering if you feel the course is worth it. As an alternative, I'm really looking into doing a course straight in child nursing, because being more patient-facing is what id want anyways, and id leave uni 3 years earlier, as well as start earlier on the career ladder (maybe specialised or general nursing is something to consider? not sure if that is too much like being a doctor). Also, maybe this is just tsr culture, but some of the people on here make me question the type of people ill be around in that course: pretentious and virtue-signalling gloaters. Is this an actual issue when you go to study because the environments that get created by some med applicants on here really puts me off. Any advice really would be appreciated, and again sorry that this is not really an answer lol

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Chemwizafx

OP

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Original post by B-elle

Hi, sorry I don't really have an answer for you, but I'm just wondering more about studying medicine at uni. I'm in year 13 with A*A*A predictions and I'm (almost) definitely not going to get an offer this year due to a low UCAT, so I'm wondering if it's worth reapplying. If I were to do medicine I would want to specialise in paediatrics since I've always wanted to work with children to some degree, and I love chemistry and biology, so kind of just beelined to medicine without a second thought when I was 14... :smile:

I put my whole self into preparing my application, but the application process was brutal and definitely an academic put-down, so I'm wondering if you feel the course is worth it. As an alternative, I'm really looking into doing a course straight in child nursing, because being more patient-facing is what id want anyways, and id leave uni 3 years earlier, as well as start earlier on the career ladder (maybe specialised or general nursing is something to consider? not sure if that is too much like being a doctor). Also, maybe this is just tsr culture, but some of the people on here make me question the type of people ill be around in that course: pretentious and virtue-signalling gloaters. Is this an actual issue when you go to study because the environments that get created by some med applicants on here really puts me off. Any advice really would be appreciated, and again sorry that this is not really an answer lol

I don't want to comment on nursing courses, nor the benefits of a medical degree in terms of job opportunities but I think it greatly depends on what you value in life, be it money, free time to live a balanced life, helping others etc

As for the workload, personally I have never worked as hard as I did when applying to med school, and have not worked as hard since. It's different at uni tho, because it is what you make it. If you want to work hard and get the top grade for whatever reason then go for it, but we need doctors and just passing will still get you there

Culture-wise, I've encountered such a diverse range of personalities. Yes there are arrogant people but that's true everywhere you go. You just need to find the people you align with. it may take some searching but i promise not everyone has a giant ego, in fact most people I've met are fairly humble

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