In the biggest cross of my life so far , please do advise me

I have decided I will go for it, drop out and do AS&A2 in one year. You can't waste your life and not go after what you desire, may it even be a mere dream. From this point on failure is not an option, I will revise unhealthily. I know that I may end up wasting 2+ years , but at least I pursued what I wanted and will have no regrets. I will keep you guys updated , thanks for all the useful advise.

I have decided I will go for it, drop out and do AS&A2 in one year. You can't waste your life and not go after what you desire, may it even be a mere dream. From this point on failure is not an option, I will revise unhealthily. I know that I may end up wasting 2+ years , but at least I pursued what I wanted and will have no regrets. I will keep you guys updated , thanks for all the useful advise.

But he would have no funding when or if he eventually got the offer. Medicine courses are amongst if not the most expensive ones and unless he was rich then nigh impossible to fund by yourself.

He wont have wasted a years financing because they will still have the credits for the year taken.

The NHS helps fund graduate entry. Its not too dissimilar funding wise to doing a normal degree.



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So how much of his medicine degree will they fund? All of it?

I just finished my first year in mechanical engineering at university. I found the course rather easy , however along the yesr I cane to the realisation that I have no passion for this subject. I wanted to study medicine in high school, and that thirst is coming back. Iam actually desperate to study medicine. So here comes the real question is it really worth/doable at this age :19 for me to drop out of university start new A levels in bio,chem etc and get in to medicine. I just feel 19 may be to old to redo A -Levels in the hope of studying medicine. Thanks

Whats your understanding based on. got any links to credible sources?

Presumably you already have Maths & Physics & ? . And you now plan to add Chem & Bio?

I have done maths, physics and german at a level and yh will do bio and Chem plus another subject if needed. Do you guys know if I could use an EPQ level as a third a level and if it would be more recognised than day critical thinking and general studies.

I have decided I will go for it, drop out and do AS&A2 in one year. You can't waste your life and not go after what you desire, may it even be a mere dream. From this point on failure is not an option, I will revise unhealthily. I know that I may end up wasting 2+ years , but at least I pursued what I wanted and will have no regrets. I will keep you guys updated , thanks for all the useful advise.

I have done maths, physics and german at a level and yh will do bio and Chem plus another subject if needed. Do you guys know if I could use an EPQ level as a third a level and if it would be more recognised than day critical thinking and general studies.

Two full A-levels in 1 year is more than enough.

But I would caution you to reconsider GEM.

I would double check that, I doubt 2 will be enough. Medical schools require the a-levels to be sat in the same two year period, so your existing a-levels probably won't count. Again, this is why you need to do proper research. Not just asking for opinions on a forum.

Based on here mainly. Use google.

My understanding that for a second degree there is no funding for the first 4 years and the student has to find it themselves. The NHS helps out wuth the 5th year.

https://www.bma.org.uk/news/2014/april/graduates-face-funding-woes-on-five-year-courses

Two full A-levels in 1 year is probably more than enough. But I'm no expert in this.

But I would caution you to reconsider GEM.

Only if on the undergraduate course.
On gem courses, they fund £3465 of tuition fees in years 2-4. Loans for the rest. Non means tested bursary of £1000 and some means tested on top of that with reduced maintenance loans.
Year one you have to pay that 3465 yourself with tuition fees for the rest and standard maintenance loans.

This, of course, may change as nhs funding is stopping for all other healthcare degrees.

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I thought GEM was much harder to get onto?

My understanding that for a second degree there is no funding for the first 4 years and the student has to find it themselves. The NHS helps out wuth the 5th year.

https://www.bma.org.uk/news/2014/april/graduates-face-funding-woes-on-five-year-courses

You're an idiot, sorry, but you are a complete idiot. Mechanical engineering is one of the most employable and future proof degrees one can have. Sure, you may not have a 'passion', but you can clearly do it if you find the course easy.

Medicine is arguably the single most competitive university course. As a previous poster said, you could find that you take all that time to re-do your a levels and get no offer. You may find you cannot handle UKCAT. If you really want to do medicine, apply as a graduate. At least if you don't get in you'll have MechEng to fall back on.

Btw, medicine is not future proof. Technology and the internet will ultimately replace the surgeon and general practitioner. That is not the case for mechanical engineering.

Please, don't do it!