Nutrition and Dietetics vs Biomedical science

I am considering doing this course at university but I'm stuck between doing dietetics or biomedical. Anyone that has experience of doing these courses can you give me any advice to help me decide?

I'm in the same position. Did you apply for both ? I want to do a personal statement to link them but apperently it's risky..

This was a few months ago I have now definitely decided on dietetics so I'm just writing a personal statement for that. And yes they are very different courses so you should probably decide on one and write it for that course

What made you opt out for biomed? Are you considering going uni of notts? Tbh I think i'm ganna end up applying for dietetics. However, I wanna keep biomed as a back up

There were several things that made me opt out of biomedical science. To begin with, a lot of people seem to do biomed but there doesn't seem to be many jobs using that degree. Also, a lot of people that apply to it seem to be "failed medics" who are only doing the degree to then do graduate medicine and I want to work with people who are fully committed.

Dietetics seemed to have way more benefits to doing it. To begin with, it seemed like something that I would enjoy more and seemed to be more employable. Also, the fact that the tuition fees are paid for and you are given a bursary is another plus. And yeah, I'm considering Nottingham, Surrey, King's College and Leeds (that's just for nutrition though). Not sure about the fifth university yet though

Yh I'm starting to opt out of biomed same to the reasons u stated. Another reason which made me opt out is the lack of jobs&most careers are lab based.

So far dietetics seems interesting to be however, i've been looking for dietitian vacancies in the east Midlands & there were only like 2/4! I don't wanna do a degree & find out there's hardly any jobs.

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Yeah I know what you mean about there maybe not being that many jobs as dietitians but the thing is that there are many jobs available with a nutrition degree because so many organisations need nutritionists and they all seem really interesting. So don't just consider dietician jobs, even then I'm sure they probably need more dietitians than biomedical scientists

Yh true... what careers would a MNUTR degree in Dietetics and Nutrition lead to other than a dietician?

I am considering doing this course at university but I'm stuck between doing dietetics or biomedical. Anyone that has experience of doing these courses can you give me any advice to help me decide?

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