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help! i don't want to study medicine anymore?

after taking my UKCAT today, I've realised that I may not get into medicine and I've been contemplating for a while whether it is the right course for me. I have just finished my first year of A Levels and next year will take Biology, Chemistry and Psychology. My work experience has been medicine based. I need help with other routes that I can take with my career and what to study at university. Thank you

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I WAS LITERALLY THINKING THIS!! how strangeeee :)

    im in exactly the same situation as you, did as last year and was pretty certain i wanted to do medicine, but recently ive been thinking maybe i dont... and i havnt booked my UKCAT yet, im waiting till i get my results as im not sure if im gonna get the grades!

    what im now thinking about doing is biomedical sciences? its the same as medicine basically, but with less patient contact and you choose a speciality.. like zoology, microbiology, human biology (which is what i would do) and then do that. and even after that, if you decide you want to do medicine, its pretty easy to apply for it after you have done biomedical sciences....

  • 1 decade ago

    What do you like and enjoy? There are so many courses and careers that would fit with A levels in bio, chem, and psych. Law, biology, chemistry, engineering (if you add an A level in maths), psychology, nursing, social work, microbiology, audiology, business, information management... too many to list. What might be best is to have a look at the courses offered by a broad university, such as University College London. See what they offer, and what A levels are needed for the courses that appeal to you. You'll find that your A levels will be a good fit for a *lot* of courses.

    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prosp-students/prospectus/

    Pick out the courses you think you might like, then start researching them. What careers can they lead to, etc? Narrow your results based on what you learn - it's not that you won't have courses you'll qualify for, you're actually going to have too many and have to narrow things down.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think the most important things to decide when choosing anything in life, is looking at what you are passionate with, what is it that would motivate you to work in that job for a long time. The route that you could take might becoming a psychologist, if you go on http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcar...

    there is a wide range of brances you could possibly do. But I've learnt in life to do something that you enjoy and love, my friend loves cooking, although to some it appears silly but now she's a chef and gets to travel to different countries the pay is not six figures but she's happy, my advise is that with your A Levels you can pratically do any course that you want just do something that you love.

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