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i want to do medicine but i am 2 dumb!

hey ppl!

i want to do medicine but i am way to dumb for it i study maths chem n bio at the moment and i am on course to attain all B's. i applied to do pharmacy and i have recieved 4 offers, however i feel my heart is with medicine and i desperately want to do it. i do not want to look back on life later and wish if only i had done medicine, as i dont really want to do pharmacy at all. after talking to several ppl i have decided to do it via biomedical sciences. i am about to reject all pharmacy offers and pick biomed through clearing. the only problem now is which university to pick? :confused:

i want to stay in london. which university would happily allow me to do medicine after 1 year in biomed if i meet all the requirements?

all views are most appreciated

thanks in advance

Reply 1

simac

I don't think anywhere would 'happily' let you, but i hear its certainly possible at St Georges.

Reply 2

JackieS

11

Mortimer

hey ppl!

i want to do medicine but i am way to dumb for it i study maths chem n bio at the moment and i am on course to attain all B's. i applied to do pharmacy and i have recieved 4 offers, however i feel my heart is with medicine and i desperately want to do it. i do not want to look back on life later and wish if only i had done medicine, as i dont really want to do pharmacy at all. after talking to several ppl i have decided to do it via biomedical sciences. i am about to reject all pharmacy offers and pick biomed through clearing. the only problem now is which university to pick? :confused:

i want to stay in london. which university would happily allow me to do medicine after 1 year in biomed if i meet all the requirements?

all views are most appreciated

thanks in advance

see one of the other posts about biomed degrees

Reply 3

JayD

1

I met a couple of grads at my interviews who had pharmacy degrees and were applying to med post grad. Probably looked upon more fondly than another biomed imo. You are not 'too dumb' to do med, just dont have the exam results to be competitive in the regular route.

Reply 4

Fluffy

15

JayD

I met a couple of grads at my interviews who had pharmacy degrees and were applying to med post grad. Probably looked upon more fondly than another biomed imo. You are not 'too dumb' to do med, just dont have the exam results to be competitive in the regular route.

What about 6 year courses that include pre-med. IF your school performs below the national average, you should have a good shot at these courses, despite have the 'right' A-Level subjects...

Reply 5

Fluffy

15

PS - I would go for pharmacy anyday of the week - the reasons against biomed have been sited here a zillion times, but in addition, if you qualify as a pharmacist and do your pre-reg year first, you will easily be able to pay your way through med school as a graduate. I have a few pharmacist friends in my year who locum a few afternoons a week/week-ends. They can pick up as much as £50 an hour...

Reply 6

Mustard-man

18

If you're not good at a-level chem, and biology in particular, then you're likely to struggle doing a medicine degree. I'm not doing medicine, so I don't know for sure, but it involves a lot of memorising which is basically what biology requires.

Reply 7

michaela_banana

9

Edinburgh (which i'm aware is not london) run a medical sciences degree which if you do well enough in (ie, top 8% or so) you can transfer straight into the 2nd year of medicine. That's starting this year.

However i agree with fluffy, pharmacy might be your best bet if you can stand 4 years of something you don't want to necessarily be doing.

Reply 8

Comp_Genius

4

Fluffy

PS - I would go for pharmacy anyday of the week - the reasons against biomed have been sited here a zillion times, but in addition, if you qualify as a pharmacist and do your pre-reg year first, you will easily be able to pay your way through med school as a graduate. I have a few pharmacist friends in my year who locum a few afternoons a week/week-ends. They can pick up as much as £50 an hour...

This means they earn 146000 per year!?

Reply 9

Elles

17

that's as a locum.

which is a form of temping = generally pay per hour is higher than if you were in a fixed long term contract.
You're filling in for someone who's otherwise stuck = higher pay!
But you probably won't get the bonuses permanent staff might that could otherwise partially compensate: paid annual leave, secure job with regular hours & income, healthcare/company pension/blah blah blah... :smile:

Reply 10

Comp_Genius

4

But how many hours can you do as a locum?

Reply 11

Mustard-man

18

Depends on how many hours they want you to do on a temporary basis, i.e. over the easter holiday or something...

Reply 12

Fenella

darkenergy

But how many hours can you do as a locum?

The high hourly pay is based on you only covering for someone for a short period. If you want to work for a year you won't neccessarily be offered such high hourly rates.

Having said that, locum and agency pay is one of the reasons many hospitals are approaching bankruptcy. In hospitals with poor recruitment and retention records, a locum anything (doctor, pharmacist, physio) could well work for up to 2 years on the rate they initially negotiated. And all locums are entitled to one week's paid annual leave after 13 weeks of work, so in a year they get 4 weeks paid annual leave (which is often filled by another locum!)

Reply 13

Fluffy

15

My friends are both mostly funded by Boots :smile:

Neither of them do hospital as far as I know, one friend probably picks up 15-25 hours a week on locum money, but he is in the very unusual situation of trying to put himself through med school while being the main breadwinner in his parental home. I have so much respect for him, he works his arse off as a locum, and still keeps up with med school work and does well in exams...

Reply 14

Anathema

1

The pharmacy (MPharm) students here at nottingham come to lots of our lectures and do some simmilar things, so if you are interested in medicine you wont more biomed side of pharmacy. Id def do pharm if you want to grad entry med, biomed is far too simple and pharm will show you to be more hardworking, grad entry is also quite hard to get on to so you'l impress them more. If you really hate it then apply to a good uni for biomed (unlikely through clearing though) so looks more impressive and then do grad entry. I hear there are places where you can do another science and then apply for med after a year, mostly natsci at cambs etc though. you'l have to be working hard.
Whatever you do, good luck with it!!

i want to do medicine but i am 2 dumb!

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