Hi everyone
I didn't make it in the 2012 cycle and so I decided to take a gap year and try my chances again. It's only one year, after all... However, I've been rejected after one post-interview, yet again.
I'm pretty sure I messed up my chances yet again by making some dumb ass university choices that didn't play to the strengths of my application. Eg. I would have got an interview at SGUL but I didn't apply there. I can't really tell if it was my poor choices, maybe if I'd applied to the universities that I think I would have had a better chance at and got rejected, I'd still be saying the same thing.
I've had plenty of people tell me that I would make a great doctor and plenty of friends and family who have put their faith in me. So not only does it feel like I've really let myself down, but everyone else as well. On the other hand I've had my dad tell me last year that maybe I'm just not good enough to become a doctor, that I'm not cut out for it and that's why I was rejected. I wanted to prove him wrong this year, but that hasn't worked. I've had some people say that everything happens for a reason. That this second rejection is just a test, and I will get to be where I want to be in the end. Doctors don't always get everything right but they persevere, so maybe I should too. Trouble is, I don't know anything, anymore right now. And the saying goes both ways, it feels that no matter how hard I try, I will never become a doctor so maybe I should just stop wasting time and settle for something else. I feel that I'll make the most out of whatever career I end up in.
Anyway, here are my options...
~ Study medicine abroad - possible finance issues
~ Study a medical science degree
-> apply during first year
-> apply for graduate entry - very competitive
-> transfer - very competitive
-> do something completely different
~ Another gap year and re-apply - parents are unlikely to agree with this
I'd really appreciate anyone's opinions and/or advice. Oh and if anyone has any advice on how to tell my parents that I've been rejected again, I'll gladly welcome it.
Thanks and sorry for the non-sensical whining/ranting.