Official Thread: (Undergraduate) Medicine 2023 Entry

I have so had enough of this. 3080 B2 in the UCAT; 12.1 in the BMAT; 4A*s at A Level; 12 9s at GCSE, tons of essays competitions, work experience and volunteering ect.... but all rejections. Seems like in the UK, all you need is a mediocre 2800 in the UCAT, easy A*AA in A Levels, and then as long as you come across as submissive and non-confrontational at the interview (such that you are an easy £14/h target for the NHS), you get an offer. Why on earth are they asking me in interviews how I think the high ethnic diversity of east London will contribute to my studies; like **** off. I do not think that I am racist, or sexist, or homophobic, I am just a morally normal person with normal communication skills. What more do I need to do to get an offer.

I probably come off as vexed, sour, ****ed ect, which are all true. But what is certain is that I am not applying to Medicine again. I am forced to take yet another gap year, but I will apply to finance and statistics and work in the City. First chance I get in my career to screw over a doctor, I will pounce. Goodbyeeeeeee.

Ahahha what a Joey, the only thing you’re gonna be studying is how to flip burgers at Maccies

That’s a very old insult.

Sounds Aussie to me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Deacon

Definitely a pre woke insult

I'm not British so I guess I didn't understand the reference

"Pre-woke"?

Is that what we are calling offensive now?

I was around then and it was offensive then and it is offensive now.

That’s a very old insult.

For what it’s worth, have you done any reflection on why you have no offers? I completely understand your frustration but why on earth would you want to deliberately ‘screw over a doctor’ just because you didn’t get in to medical school?

I applied to medicine because it was the hardest course I could apply to and wanted to challenge myself. Upon reflection, I realised that, whilst I wanted to challenge myself; I did not explicitly want to study medicine; if there was a more challenging course to get into, I would have gone for that one instead. As a result, I ended up seeing the application process as a box ticking exercise; and wanting to use so called "perfect" interview answers that probably seemed non-genuine to the interviewers.

The human side of medicine does not compensate for the 5 years of uni (6 with intercalation), 10 years post grad to become a consultant, and pointless hoops to jump through during speciality training that you need to do. Or at least is doesn't seem worthwhile for me. I know this because last week a patient at my volunteering died. A patient I supported on a weekly basis. And I felt little empathy, if any. It hasn't affected me at all, and I do not think I would enjoy medicine as a result.

A 3 year financial mathematics and statistics at LSE/UCL (both of which actually acknowledge high grades/TMUA scores - unlike medical schools that willingly reject top 5% BMAT just because you did not answer some dodgy question on the NHS in the correct way) followed by average 50K salary 1 year after graduating is more to my taste. I admire those who seen the NHS and think, wow, I will so deal with this **** just because I might get the emotional gratification from helping a paient. So this is my position.

I applied to medicine because it was the hardest course I could apply to and wanted to challenge myself. Upon reflection, I realised that, whilst I wanted to challenge myself; I did not explicitly want to study medicine; if there was a more challenging course to get into, I would have gone for that one instead. As a result, I ended up seeing the application process as a box ticking exercise; and wanting to use so called "perfect" interview answers that probably seemed non-genuine to the interviewers.

The human side of medicine does not compensate for the 5 years of uni (6 with intercalation), 10 years post grad to become a consultant, and pointless hoops to jump through during speciality training that you need to do. Or at least is doesn't seem worthwhile for me. I know this because last week a patient at my volunteering died. A patient I supported on a weekly basis. And I felt little empathy, if any. It hasn't affected me at all, and I do not think I would enjoy medicine as a result.

A 3 year financial mathematics and statistics at LSE/UCL (both of which actually acknowledge high grades/TMUA scores - unlike medical schools that willingly reject top 5% BMAT just because you did not answer some dodgy question on the NHS in the correct way) followed by average 50K salary 1 year after graduating is more to my taste. I admire those who seen the NHS and think, wow, I will so deal with this **** just because I might get the emotional gratification from helping a paient. So this is my position.

I applied to medicine because it was the hardest course I could apply to and wanted to challenge myself. Upon reflection, I realised that, whilst I wanted to challenge myself; I did not explicitly want to study medicine; if there was a more challenging course to get into, I would have gone for that one instead. As a result, I ended up seeing the application process as a box ticking exercise; and wanting to use so called "perfect" interview answers that probably seemed non-genuine to the interviewers.

The human side of medicine does not compensate for the 5 years of uni (6 with intercalation), 10 years post grad to become a consultant, and pointless hoops to jump through during speciality training that you need to do. Or at least is doesn't seem worthwhile for me. I know this because last week a patient at my volunteering died. A patient I supported on a weekly basis. And I felt little empathy, if any. It hasn't affected me at all, and I do not think I would enjoy medicine as a result.

A 3 year financial mathematics and statistics at LSE/UCL (both of which actually acknowledge high grades/TMUA scores - unlike medical schools that willingly reject top 5% BMAT just because you did not answer some dodgy question on the NHS in the correct way) followed by average 50K salary 1 year after graduating is more to my taste. I admire those who seen the NHS and think, wow, I will so deal with this **** just because I might get the emotional gratification from helping a paient. So this is my position.

Bro failed the challenge

Just a question not related to this but are the 4 A* achieved

I think they are as they said they would have to take yet another gap year implying they’d already taken one

I applied to medicine because it was the hardest course I could apply to and wanted to challenge myself. Upon reflection, I realised that, whilst I wanted to challenge myself; I did not explicitly want to study medicine; if there was a more challenging course to get into, I would have gone for that one instead. As a result, I ended up seeing the application process as a box ticking exercise; and wanting to use so called "perfect" interview answers that probably seemed non-genuine to the interviewers.

The human side of medicine does not compensate for the 5 years of uni (6 with intercalation), 10 years post grad to become a consultant, and pointless hoops to jump through during speciality training that you need to do. Or at least is doesn't seem worthwhile for me. I know this because last week a patient at my volunteering died. A patient I supported on a weekly basis. And I felt little empathy, if any. It hasn't affected me at all, and I do not think I would enjoy medicine as a result.

A 3 year financial mathematics and statistics at LSE/UCL (both of which actually acknowledge high grades/TMUA scores - unlike medical schools that willingly reject top 5% BMAT just because you did not answer some dodgy question on the NHS in the correct way) followed by average 50K salary 1 year after graduating is more to my taste. I admire those who seen the NHS and think, wow, I will so deal with this **** just because I might get the emotional gratification from helping a paient. So this is my position.

Bro failed the challenge