medicine and consultancy but with bad grades

Hi eveyone,

I'm a medical student at Cambridge and I've just finished the 3rd year of my degree where we intercalate, I did Natural Sciences (Pathology) and unfortunately got a 2.2 (with some mental health issues involved but still). Over the last 3 years I've realised that medicine may not be for me and I was thinking I trying my hand at consultancy, even if its just an internship so see what its like. I've heard that it generally pays well and it may give me the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects with a variety of different companies. Either way, its something that I would like to explore, but I just don't know how I'd even go about getting an internship with my dismal BA grade this year. I am planning to stay for clinical school to finish my degree, has anyone been in a similar position/have any good advice on how to go about this?

Would be much appreciated! xxx

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imxa6

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Hello,
I’m not really well versed on switching degrees, so take my advice with a grain of salt. If I was in your situation, I would probably try to finish the medical degree, even if I strongly disliked it or didn’t want to pursue a career in it. This is because medical degrees are very helpful, and provide a strong background for going into other careers. Seeing as you did your intercalated year, you might think that pathology is something that you don’t like rather than actual medicine? Also, I’m pretty sure Cambridge offers you to graduate with a BA Hons after 3 years if you don’t want to stay for the full 6 years of the medicine degree, so maybe look into that a bit more.
Remember medicine degree doesn’t mean you have to become a doctor; you’re not a registered doctor until completing your foundation years. Look into entry requirements for a consultancy degree in the next few years or find some work experience that will give you insight into how the job works, I think hoping for an internship is good but difficult to achieve, definitely still try though.
Hope this random advice helps!

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threeportdrift

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Original post by elephant3

Hi eveyone,
I'm a medical student at Cambridge and I've just finished the 3rd year of my degree where we intercalate, I did Natural Sciences (Pathology) and unfortunately got a 2.2 (with some mental health issues involved but still). Over the last 3 years I've realised that medicine may not be for me and I was thinking I trying my hand at consultancy, even if its just an internship so see what its like. I've heard that it generally pays well and it may give me the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects with a variety of different companies. Either way, its something that I would like to explore, but I just don't know how I'd even go about getting an internship with my dismal BA grade this year. I am planning to stay for clinical school to finish my degree, has anyone been in a similar position/have any good advice on how to go about this?
Would be much appreciated! xxx

You don' need internships. If you are completing your medical degree, just approach companies directly as you close in on completion. Along the way, try and take an interest in the business/commercial aspects of medicine, doesn't matter much what, but you'll need to be able to demonstrate you understand some of the challenges underlying the sector, eg bringing medicines to market, why isn't the GP service working, what could be done to get more NHS dentists, how is new capital machinery marketised and bought etc.

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