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medicine application (considering doing biomedicine and switching to graduate entry?)

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Reply 1

Would you be frustrated if you completed Biomed and then failed to get an offer for GEM? Because that’s the risk really.

Reply 2

athherann16xxx

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by Admit-One

Would you be frustrated if you completed Biomed and then failed to get an offer for GEM? Because that’s the risk really.

yeah ofc i actually wouldn't know what to do with myself atp

Reply 3

McGinger

If you really wanted to be a Doctor, you wouldn't care where the course was, because it would not actually matter. I think you may have answered your own question here - you are not 100% committed to Med, so go to Cardiff or wherever and do something else. And btw, GEM is bonkers-competitive - even worse than the 5-year course.

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Admit-One

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by athherann16xxx

yeah ofc i actually wouldn't know what to do with myself atp

In that case all I can say is that it’s a very risky route just for a potentially happier campus experience.

Ordinarily I would discourage GEM if you have any choice as it’s more expensive, longer and more competitive. If money is not a concern and you’ve factored in that it’s going to take you X more years to be qualified, then the only thing left is how much more competitive GEM is than undergrad med.

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