Biomedical Science and the useless degree in reality

I am starting to think Biomedical Science is a Useless degree. I have no idea what I am doing anymore. I did my degree 2010-2013. At that time, they didn't have the 4 year course that enables you to do a porfolio and work for a year. I got a 2:1
Then for a year i worked in a restaurant. Then, for 5 months I worked as an MLA with the NHS, but I only got this job as someone else left. I was initially rejected. but due to medical health I had to leave and work as an adminstration assistant which I didn't mind. The manager and staff was lovely and it was good for my health too. After I did my MSc in Biomedical Science..... hopping this would help with career, but i was wrong.
I have applied for more MLA jobs, nothing. either due to experience.
I applied for Admin, again rejected as another person had more experience and stronger application

I do have limitations due to my health. so it has been hard. I have learning disabilities so my memory is awful, I can't retain anything i learn, and my maths is extrememly awful, I can't even to the basics... ( during my education I avoided the maths and missed those questions, or got a friend to do it to for me lol). and have bad comprehension impairment so when it comes to numeracy and literacy tests / assesments, I always fail.

But yeah.... I even applied for PhD studentship in cardiovascular medicine as I did my MSc Project on that and also CVD is interesting and would like to further purse that, but even those I have been rejected
So I don't know.
i applied for 999 call handler and 111 handler job too. Waiting on those.

Anyone else struggling?? and regretting their decision?

Yeah, I guess. Was unhappy with the decision to take biomed in 2nd year. Finished the 4 year course, got work as MLA for short time, now find myself back at uni doing a masters in molecular medicine. No passion for it either, but no real other choices as to what to do right now

So you decided you were unhappy with what you had done and thought 'you know what, I'll do something relatively similar as a masters'

Have you tried general grad schemes etc (and others like accounting)

or try teaching yourself how to program and develop a portfolio and get a job in software development?

Anyone else struggling?? and regretting their decision?

Yes

I offered to volunteer and they said no due to "governance issues".
I applied for well over 50 positions.
I managed to get one interview for an MLA position - "Oh well you answered the questions perfectly but you didn't mention all of the 6 C's of Care."
The interviewer mentioned that they had an opening for a band 5 post and they'll accept trainees so I applied for that when I got home.
Did all my research on the 6 C's etc.
1 month later, I got an interview for the BMS post, same hospital and interviewer - "You answered the questions perfectly but you lack lab experience and we had state registered applicants apply, maybe try for an MLA post to get experience."
It took every ounce of restraint I have to not blurt out "***** you've got to be ****ing kidding me".

I'm ****ing done, the degree is utterly worthless, a total waste of time, money and effort. I took the degree because I wanted to get away from being forced to practically scam people in endless retail jobs, I wanted to do some good with my life, maybe help people. But all this system does it take any ounce of goodwill you have and **** you with it, nobody wants to train anyone, all they want are perfect applicants to turn up on their doorstep on a silver platter, and one day university applicants are going to wise up and choose alternative degrees, and I hope the entire system burns through lack of staff once the old guard dies or retires.

Took the words straight out my mouth.

This is mental, I’m coming to the end of my placement year in a Haematology and blood transfusion lab and I still have to go do final year yet and I’ve been offered a job already (conditional on passing final year and obtaining registration)!

Surely someone could've foreseen whether or not their degree would be accredited or not. Even my ex-poly uni has accredited IBMS courses, with most students ending up in teaching hospitals. I know someone else at a higher ranking uni, which is also accredited coming off a year in the NHS, its not really the degree that's got a problem. Probably just lack of research from those complaining.

you make it sound like universities sell their degrees fairly. As a student applying for a biomedical science degree, i knew i wanted to do healthcare science but only one university remotely close to me offered it. I was told at that university you had to apply for biomedical science then transfer into healthcare science which is what i did. What they neglected to mention is that there were only 7 healthcare science places available amongst 140+ students, we only found this out halfway through the first year. Of all the universities i visited before taking my degree, the ones who were ibms accredited played up the value of accreditation and those who were not accredited downplayed it's value. Students can't make informed and researched decisions when universities act like they're trying to flog you something, rather than behaving like an educational institution.

You make it sound like universities sell their degrees fairly. As a student applying for a Biomedical Science degree, I knew I wanted to do Healthcare Science but only one university remotely close to me offered it. I was told at that university you had to apply for Biomedical Science then transfer into Healthcare Science which is what I did. What they neglected to mention is that there were only 7 Healthcare Science places available amongst 140+ students, we only found this out halfway through the first year. Of all the universities I visited before taking my degree, the ones who were IBMS accredited played up the value of accreditation and those who were not accredited downplayed it's value. Students can't make informed and researched decisions when universities act like they're trying to flog you something, rather than behaving like an educational institution.

Name me an "unbiased source".

The universities are biased towards selling you something.
The NHS and IBMS are biased towards making the career look healthy and accessible.
Websites like this are full of people like you downplaying the fact educational institutions act like salesmen rather than educators.

Where exactly are these unbiased sources?

It doesn’t take long to google search what becoming a biomedical scientist entails, surely if you’re smart enough to get into uni you can do that too. My friend coming out of a year in a hospital lab for placement, didn’t need to ‘afford’ to give the NHS a year of her time, it was covered by her student loan and she was able to get a full loan for living costs and didn’t even pay tuition fees because it was for the NHS.