Failed to get into medicine again

I have been trying to get into medicine for a while now. I had received an offer from qmul, with the condition that I get a 2:1 in my biomedical sciences degree. I was just 0.66% from a 2:1, meaning I'm not going to get in. After a lot of research, I had found that Nottingham accepts people who get 2:2s, which I am going to apply to this October. I have registered to sit the GAMSAT next month.

My main problem is my mental health. Whenever I try to go into my room to study, I freeze, panic and procrastinate. I don't know why and I would like advice.

I do not plan on pushing my plan to apply to medicine next year.

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artful_lounger

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I think you may need to realistically look at the big picture here - if studying is a challenge for you and affecting your mental health, is pursuing a medical degree and career in medicine actually something that will be good for your wellbeing long term? Not only will you need to continually study throughout the medical degree with lots of different kinds of assessments, even after you complete it you'll still have numerous exams throughout your career as a doctor (how many varying depending on what specialty you decide to go into) - the MSRA, MRCS/MRCP and/or fellowship exams, etc. Not to mention studying for specialty recruitment interviews and so on, especially if pursuing competitive specialties.

This might be a good time to reflect on whether pursuing medicine is actually best for you and think about why you want to pursue a career in medicine - and if there are other careers that may be able to offer the same or similar things to you, without forcing you to continually engage in activities you find difficult and stressful that affect your mental health. For example, if you want to help people, there are numerous career options - obviously many within healthcare but also things like teaching, social work, as well as various roles in the public sector and in NGOs and charities. If you want a stable career with good income, plenty of options for that which may not be necessarily more competitive than medicine - e.g. the civil service, accountancy, or again other healthcare roles.

If you really feel medicine is the primary goal then you just need to use that to motivate you to engage in the studying and power through the block you have with that.

Also in either event, it's probably worth discussing your mental health struggles with your GP to see what they can do to help support you :smile:

(edited 1 year ago)

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