Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

I admire you so much for this. I 100% agree as well, making decisions to go into medicine at like 16/17 on two weeks work exp is a bit... scary. Medics on here have said that they think med entry should only be post grad and tbh I think I agree. But post grad is so expensive and competitive atm. I guess you mature at a really fast rate once you're actually at med school that you're ready to be a dr stuff quite early, but still, it happens all so quickly.

Thank you It really is a hard choice to make and I don't think a lot of people recognise this. Post grad is very competetive, but at least the students would hopefully be sure that medicine is for them and would have enough life experience to know what they are going into.

Oh right, so avoiding pissing off the admissions tutor. Gotcha.

Ok, if possible, I'm definitely going to open days.

+ Congrats on the offers btw! How you feeling about meeting them?

Exactly.
Thanks, sheffield shouldn't be too bad since im only 54 ums off the a in biology and chemistry and physics is already a b.
Cam is do-able, just a little worried about getting an a in physics. The a* I need isn't too hard in bio so that's fine.
problem is im still a bit too happy about the offers to revise

Exactly.
Thanks, sheffield shouldn't be too bad since im only 54 ums off the a in biology and chemistry and physics is already a b.
Cam is do-able, just a little worried about getting an a in physics. The a* I need isn't too hard in bio so that's fine.
problem is im still a bit too happy about the offers to revise

Have you already got A Level Chem or something?

From the sounds of it, you're well on track to at least meeting your insurance. If you're on a B atm without having done your last unit of Physics, your chance of getting an A overall seems quite high?

Aww, at least the offers aren't making you panic or anything. You'll be fine + results day is gonna be amazing!

I haven't already got an a-level but from the combined ums of the modules so far I've already passed with a B

Okay For me though, I don't think I'd apply - though I can see it's possible. I'm one of these perfectionist people and if I can't enter something with the best chance I can give my self, I'd prefer to try out for something else. Just me.

Also, for places like B'ham they say they favour students who have cashed in good AS grades. After all, they are half the grade - so I don't see why I'd suddenly go to getting all A's in A level, from not at AS, then not being able to accept your firm offer (if you got one) as you can't resit the final A2 modules!

Sorry I way over think this stuff.

Ah right, is your Sheff offer ABB?

Wow you've done amazingly well so far! Congrats on getting into Cambridge too

Yeah, it's easy to forget how hard a choice it is to make because half the world wants to go to med school.

Are you thinking that you're gonna defer or apply for the 2013 cycle?

Oh i'm going to apply for the 2013 cycle. At first I was going to apply for deferred entry this year but then I thought the reason I am taking this gap year is to see if medicine is for me.

What about you?

What's a deffered entry?

For normal entry you would usually apply this year for a place for 2012....however defered entry is where you apply this year for a place in 2013. Xx

Because I want to make sure medicine is for me. I don't want to make a choice that will affect me for the rest of my life and it be the wrong one.

I was speaking to a GP and he was saying that a lot of doctors he comes across are not happy people, they like the idea of the job but not the job itself. Here is an example, they like the thought of caring for people but in reality most people are so ungrateful that you begin to hate the job.

The GP also said that because we are so young (I'm 17) we have to make our choices early for university and are at risk of making the wrong choice that will affect us for life. He said that back in his day he would worry about that stuff when he was 21.

So in my gap year I want to get actual clinical experience like volunteering in a hospital or working as a phlebotomist so I can experience the atmosphere that I would be around a lot if I choose medicine and if it really is right for me. I also need a break from education, because in a career like medicine, there is no break!

Oh right that makes sense! You definetly don't want to waste 5 years doing something you don't really want.
A break from education is a good idea, its been a long old slog haha

Oh i'm going to apply for the 2013 cycle. At first I was going to apply for deferred entry this year but then I thought the reason I am taking this gap year is to see if medicine is for me.

What about you?