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Cambridge is lovely.
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The collegiate system is very good for making non-medic friends and getting involved in all sorts of activities
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If you like hardcore science, it'll do it for you - there's lots of practicals, lots of dissection and you'll be stretched. Third year, especially if you do a research project, is an opportunity to really get into that side of things.
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The clinical course is good, in my opinion - the DGHs are as a rule friendly, and you get free accommodation at all of them. I feel like I will be pretty well-prepared to hit the wards as an F1.
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If you want to see patients early on, don't come here. The "Preparing for patients" course is a very lame nod to the GMC's requirements for early clinical contact.
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In a similar vein, you will feel (compared with others on here discussing examinations, investigations etc in their first year) very behind in some areas, but you do get rapidly up to speed in clinical years.
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It is a pressure cooker. Two people in my year have died - but this is hopefully an exception rather than the rule.
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While the DGHs are lovely, quite a few of them are quite far away, which is a pain in the arse if you have commitments in Cambridge
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Addenbrooke's isn't all that nice for students.