Maths and Medicine

doctors are in competition for most of their lives, for consultant roles for jobs etc, so what i meant by a "good" med school i meant a competative med school

i think all the people that were calling me a troll were the ones that havn't done it for a-level

when did i say you won't get into a med school for not doing a-level maths, i told her that it would be beneficial to do it.

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Renal

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coookies

well, you can call me a troll all you want, you won't find someone in a good med school without maths.

Emphasis yours. Thank you for clarifying how little you know about medicine.

I'm sure you can tell all of us in the business what you consider to be a good medical school, irregardless, you're wrong. However, if you're in the mood to be humoured we could look at RFUCMS (a school often put forward as 'one of the best'). Here's what they have to say;

Some preference will be given to applicants who, in addition to Chemistry and Biology, offer a contrasting subject at A or AS-level. In this context the definition of a contrasting subject is one outside the traditional science subjects of Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

and

We do not wish to discourage applicants who are studying two mathematical subjects at A-level, but such applicants should be aware that they will need to take four A-levels in total, as offers will only include one of the Maths subjects amongst the three A-level combination. For example, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics A-levels and AS-level Biology would not be acceptable, as only one of the Maths would count towards the offer.

I hope this clears things up for you.

all i did was tell someone to consider taking maths

My bull****ometer is off the scale.

coookies

don't MOST unis require maths?

Now get out of our forum.

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so long, the ones with maths have got good offers, right?
the one doing it just at gcse says it was his downfall, the other one dosn't want to admit it, but he will have to endure a few years of biology before medschool.

Err yes. And those without maths do as well. And who said it was their downfall?

Still haven't provided any evidence by the way of maths being beneficial /a discriminant in the applications procedure :wink:

do a level maths in your gap year,

No thanks. I'm gonna spend my time doing things that are beneficial for my getting into med school :wink:

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coookies

so what i meant by a "good" med school i meant a competative med school

So...all med schools then?

Do you know anything about applying for medicine? Seriously....?

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Renal

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coookies

doctors are in competition for most of their lives, for consultant roles for jobs etc, so what i meant by a "good" med school i meant a competative med school

You're still a cretin. There's no medical school that's not competitive. Your medical school has no impact on your career.

when did i say you won't get into a med school for not doing a-level maths, i told her that it would be beneficial to do it.

And we told you that you are wrong. Understand that you are.

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coookies

doctors are in competition for most of their lives, for consultant roles for jobs etc, so what i meant by a "good" med school i meant a competative med school

i think all the people that were calling me a troll were the ones that havn't done it for a-level

when did i say you won't get into a med school for not doing a-level maths, i told her that it would be beneficial to do it.

Med schools are competitive full stop.

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thanks very much,
so tell me how old are you going to be before you get GP status lol, thats IF you get into med school.

Are you too much of a pussy to post this bull out in the open or what?

Keep messaging me :smile:

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Democracy

Are you too much of a pussy to post this bull out in the open or what?

Keep messaging me :smile:

Lol as if.

Coookies what are you doing university wise? Surely becoming a doctor - or whatever you want to do in life is better being done later than never at all? And Democracy is going to be at an advantage as he will have more biological knowledge than people who have just entered from their A levels.

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kookoo_koochoo

Lol as if.

Coookies what are you doing university wise? Surely becoming a doctor - or whatever you want to do in life is better being done later than never at all? And Democracy is going to be at an advantage as he will have more biological knowledge than people who have just entered from their A levels.

look at it from my prespective
all i said was that it would HELP if you did maths a-level, then i get two so and so's who coincidentally didn't do maths a-level telling me to f off, one which didn't get into med school.

yes he is going to be at an advantage somehow, but everyone else will have 2 years more pay than him, which dosn't really matter, but i don't appritiate being told to f off, when all i said was that it would put her at an advantage to do maths.

and all med schools are competative, yes ok, but cambridge does look good on the cv, which coincidentally require maths

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Helenia

coookies

doctors are in competition for most of their lives, for consultant roles for jobs etc, so what i meant by a "good" med school i meant a competative med school

i think all the people that were calling me a troll were the ones that havn't done it for a-level

when did i say you won't get into a med school for not doing a-level maths, i told her that it would be beneficial to do it.

Considering your current (lack of) understanding on how important Maths is, I'm guessing you're also the sort who believes Oxbridge to be among the "competative" (sic) ones. Well, although I have a Maths A-level, there are plenty who don't (including our own Elles - hope she doesn't mind me pointing this out). When will you concede that you really have got it wrong here?

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kookoo_koochoo

Lol as if.

Coookies what are you doing university wise? Surely becoming a doctor - or whatever you want to do in life is better being done later than never at all? And Democracy is going to be at an advantage as he will have more biological knowledge than people who have just entered from their A levels.

look at it from my prespective
all i said was that it would HELP if you did maths a-level, then i get two so and so's who coincidentally didn't do maths a-level telling me to f off, one which didn't get into med school.

yes he is going to be at an advantage somehow, but everyone else will have 2 years more pay than him, which dosn't really matter, but i don't appritiate being told to f off, when all i said was that it would put her at an advantage to do maths.

and all med schools are competative, yes ok, but cambridge does look good on the cv, which coincidentally require maths

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Helenia

Considering your current (lack of) understanding on how important Maths is, I'm guessing you're also the sort who believes Oxbridge to be among the "competative" (sic) ones. Well, although I have a Maths A-level, there are plenty who don't (including our own Elles - hope she doesn't mind me pointing this out). When will you concede that you really have got it wrong here?

i'm wrong how?
all i said was it wouldn't harm her applicatiom if she did maths

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arpeggio

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coookies

and all med schools are competative, yes ok, but cambridge does look good on the cv, which coincidentally require maths

And Oxford doesn't? Coincidentally they don't require Maths...

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yes he is going to be at an advantage somehow, but everyone else will have 2 years more pay than him, which dosn't really matter, but i don't appritiate being told to f off, when all i said was that it would put her at an advantage to do maths.

all i said was it wouldn't harm her applicatiom if she did maths

First off, I'm a guy. Stop referring to me as a her.

Secondly where is your evidence for the bolded parts?

I know it wouldn't have harmed my application, then again it wouldn't have helped it either since it's not required. Taking another academic subject is just as good.

Your pig headedness astounds me.

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coookies

look at it from my prespective
all i said was that it would HELP if you did maths a-level, then i get two so and so's who coincidentally didn't do maths a-level telling me to f off, one which didn't get into med school.

yes he is going to be at an advantage somehow, but everyone else will have 2 years more pay than him, which dosn't really matter, but i don't appritiate being told to f off, when all i said was that it would put her at an advantage to do maths.

and all med schools are competative, yes ok, but cambridge does look good on the cv, which coincidentally require maths

Maybe but I think when it comes to it a medical degree is a medical degree and it might have more to do with how you do with your exams. And Cambridge wanting maths isn't the reason they are considered better, seeing as Oxford and Edinburgh are also brilliant medical schools who don't ask for it either.

They don't necessarily get two years more pay - how many exams and entrance tests and specialisation tests they will have to pass will dictate how soon they start to earn a good wage, not when they come out of medical school as it's not an instant job.

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Helenia

coookies

i'm wrong how?
all i said was it wouldn't harm her applicatiom if she did maths

Erm, no, you said a lot of incorrect things, starting with the assertion that if you really want to be a doctor you should be doing Maths:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12085874&postcount=25
Continuing with:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12085960&postcount=33
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12085984&postcount=34
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12087974&postcount=75
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12088297&postcount=83
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12088471&postcount=96

Cambridge do not "require" Maths. Only 6 colleges (Christ’s, Jesus, Magdalene, Newnham, St John’s, and Trinity) "prefer" three science subjects, and only Magdalene specifies Maths. I know plenty of people here without Maths. Please just give it a rest.

kookoo_koochoo

Maybe but I think when it comes to it a medical degree is a medical degree and it might have more to do with how you do with your exams. And Cambridge wanting maths isn't the reason they are considered better, seeing as Oxford and Edinburgh are also brilliant medical schools who don't ask for it either

Cambridge don't want Maths.

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