I'm more than just a number - Story of a french med student who failed and raised up

Yeah my friend applied during Terminale (final year in french system for those interested) and originally got turned down specifically because of the french back, but they called him back around May!

I'm fully french but lived in London for all my life (mixture of English schools and French lycée - maybe I should make a blog about it too... ). Having done GCSES and sort of prepared A-levels plus the Baccalauréate - I definitely think the A level system is better or maybe the IB as a good compromise. The French Bac tries to be "well rounded" but it fails again by leaving out and discouraging those are just not that good in certain subjects, whilst also not being able to specialise nearly as much as, say, the sciences or maths.

Les terroristes qui ont tenté de tuer De Gaulle , les militaires qui l'ont trahi , sont-ils toujours en vigueur ?

J'ai un ami algérien , il dit qu'il souffre beaucoup de racisme

Désolé pour mon mauvais français

Hahaha alors si ça parle histoire ce sera sans moi lol, je suis nulle à ça

C'est vrai ?? Mais ton ami il habite où ? Parce que bon, je sais pas trop ailleurs, mais à Paris y a pratiquement zéro racisme tout le monde vit ensemble ici !

C'est pas grave t'inquiète il est pas si mal que ça ton français ;D

Il vit à Paris, mais dans les banlieues,

This is an excellent blog, @FrenchUnicorn. Subscribing.

Aww thank youuuu !

Hahaha alors si ça parle histoire ce sera sans moi lol, je suis nulle à ça

C'est vrai ?? Mais ton ami il habite où ? Parce que bon, je sais pas trop ailleurs, mais à Paris y a pratiquement zéro racisme tout le monde vit ensemble ici !

C'est pas grave t'inquiète il est pas si mal que ça ton français ;D

Il vit à Paris, mais dans les banlieues,

Not to rain on your parade, but it's against TSR rules to type in non-English languages outside the MFL study help section without providing an English translation. I don't mind, but there are some very petty people around who will report posts just to spite people.

Not to rain on your parade, but it's against TSR rules to chat in non-English languages without providing an English translation outside the MFL study help section. I don't mind, but there are some very petty people around who will report posts just to spite people.

And the mods will see that anything posted is non-offensive, and was intended as the medium by which a potential linguist student studying french sought to converse with a native speaker in furtherance of that objective. Short of accusing me of criminal conduct, they would be hard pressed to actually make a complaint stick.

The bar is pretty low -- most cards that you get for minor things are easily reversed on appeal. I just wanted to mention it so that everyone's aware of it.

Me too xxx

I'm sorry I did not know ! I will edit right now to translate, thanks !!


No he's right ! I'll translate and you should edit your post to translate too


Thanks ;D


What ?

I am now subscribing to your blog

Very interesting post, very much looking forward to the next one!
I've been studying in France for the past 9 years, did my Bac last year, I really disliked the French education system, i'm very glad to have gotten away from it now.
I've heard a lot of horror stories from friends currently in med school in France, sevral of them have already given up and are now completely screwed because the stess was too much for them. I can't pretend to know what French higher education is like, but i'm glad i'll be studying in the UK, I know I could never handle that much pressure

Not really interested in the medicine part, just more interested in how you dealt with things. So I'll be subbing.

Bac S. Lycée really was dreadful; I made some great friends and have some fun memories, but I've lost count of how many times I got screwed over by teachers and the school. My Prof Principale messed up my Ucas application and I had to take a year off after getting no offers to study, I got so angry about it that I very nearly screwed up my whole Bac :/
Are you still studying in France?

You're french !! Hi five :P
Am glad for your friend !! He's better there than here

Yes make a blog !! I would be happy to read it , sounds like a really interesting story !

I think IB is a good compromise too, but definitely nothing like the regular baccalaureate
This "well-roundedness" (yes I'm good to invent words !) is absolutely STUPID, and did you see the coeff of the subjects ?? Simply awful, for my scientific baccalureate for ex :
Maths : 7
Physics : 6
Biology : 8
Philosophy : 3
English (first choice) : 3
German (second choice) : 2
PE : 2
That's like a depreciate of a few subjects ..