I'm a 27 y/o grad entry medical student in the UK & this is a collection of my own thoughts, experiences and ideas as I journey through med school and try to live this life on purpose.
Hi I was wondering if you know any pharmacist on the GEM course? I am in my pre-registration year and after I am considering studying medicine? Any tips or advice?
Hey!! Yes there are loads of pharmacists on my course. Tbh I think pharmacy is the most useful degree you can have before studying medicine. If it’s what you want to do then defo go for it!
Well done Daniella.. I’m a grad medic going into 4th year (3rd year GEM).. started grad med in my 30s - never too late to start and I got ABB for A level too. Well done on your progress so far you’re smashing it.
Great Video! I am starting medical school in two weeks. I have questions regarding how you can organize the "themes" on the top of your page. How can you sync each type of lecture from the table into those themes on the top of the page? Do you have to manually add each lecture from the table into the theme list, or is there a way that it automatically moves there? I hope this makes sense. Thank you!
Currently in second year at Warwick and this has been a large motivation booster! I've started working on applying with some work experience already under my belt and this has been the exact type of optimism I needed, tysm!!!
This is very interesting and hopeful. As a general rule most medical schools won’t consider your application unless you have been to grammar school. Especially Oxford and Cambridge who are very strict on entry. However pupils in mainstream secondary education can do the 12 plus or 13 plus exam to enable late entry into Grammar school and thus improve the certainty of getting a place in medical school. So there is hope. Good luck.
Heya! I got a tuition fee loan from SFE and applied for a grant/bursary from NHS bursaries. It's a bit complex so I'll make another video talking about funding soon x
Hello there. I hope you are doing well. Your video is giving me hope. I got 3BBB in Alevel bio,chem and math. I am a final year undergraduate student studying bio at a Uk uni. My goal is to graduate with 2:1 hopefully but the thing its so hard to believe in myself and keep hope .I will also apply for med school next year hopefully and I have work experience as I work as volunteer in NHS. Can you tell me what was your bachelors grade like 2:2 or like 2:1 or any other grades.Only if you are comfortable. And also do you have any tips for me. Thank you so much. We are proud of you. Keep its up. You will be a great doctor 🫂
Thanks for your comment!! I got a 1st in my BSc so try to aim as high as you can! I would also suggest getting as much clinical work experience as possible :)
@@danielacbarragan I am a bit scared. Cause I feel like I might graduate with a 2:1 and any idea how many hours in total will be good enough? Thank you for taking your time and responding
Thank you Daniela, it's amazing yo have u here. Im a nurse and together with hubby, we are thinking to apply for the medical school. We are both nurses so hopefully this will help. Good luck ❤
Hy I’m in 11th now still waiting for my igsce result of grade 10. I’ll choose bio,chem,phy/math in my a levels. Will hopefully drop all my grades as time goes buy and rlly want to be a medicine student in uk (from pak) !!
Omg Daniela!! I've been following your journey for quite some time now and I'm currently in the process of applying to graduate medicine in the UK - (I grew up in HK) so it was a pleasant surprise to see you in HK. I'm glad you had a wonderful time there and I agree it's quite tempting to move to HK to work as a doctor, isn't it, for all the reasons discussed in the video, maybe something you could consider, since you've got a lovely friend already and you personally know a consultant. So all you need to do now is grind for that Cantonese fluency 😅
Whaaaaat!!! That’s sooo cool! Thank you for the message :) I love HK and am seriously considering moving out there, at least for a little while. Wish you all the best with your GEM application x
Thank you so much for this! I am currently doing my A-levels and I am feeling so demotivated with no medicine offers, this made me feel so much better and hopeful about the future!
Hi I hope you are well! I also did an undergrad degree first, I would love to read your personal statement as I know it slightly differs from the average personal statement for medicine! Of course, it's no problem if that's not possible! Thank you anyways <3
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Thank you for the video, lol. I'm 20 years old (about to be 21). The thing is, I have not qualifications (due to complications...). I know that medicine is what i want to do. I've looked at every other career-role in healthcare and the only one that aspires me is the role of a doctor. Thing is, odds are stacked against me because of my age, and the time it will take for me to get to the point when i can apply to med school. A-levels (most common route into med) I don't believe are an option for me due to the sheer expense of them (needing 3 A-levels- It accumulates to thousands). My only other options are an access to medicine course at UCEN (QAA approved- all units at distinction) (btw, I'm from leeds so its far) or graduate entry medicine (last resort if the access course doesn't work for whatever reason). Though, obviously, graduate entry med will take a lot longer, lol. Just my two cents i thought i'd share. Good luck on your current journey!
Hi! I have completed my 5 years of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) undergraduate program from Pakistan with 2.6 CGPA, and I move to the UK on EU Pre-settlement Indefinite leave to remain visa, And I am looking to get into Biomedical Science undergraduate because I think by completing my 3 years of Biomedical Science, enable me to get into Medicine or Dentistry. Can you please guide me? Also I have done Matriculation = O level with 74% marks And Higher Secondary School Certificate = A level with 65% marks All from Pakistan
I’m working towards this too! Was just wondering if it’s mandodary to work as a HCA? Etc.. I am trying to arrange a lot of volunteer work etc.. but its hard to work while being a uni student 😅 and jobs are getting harder to apply to due to lack of care experience etc.. So was wondering what you actually did for WEX or volunteering?
This is an incredible story, I really didn’t think this was possible - so many barriers begin to form mentally if you weren’t incredibly dedicated since you were 16 sitting those first GCSEs.
What????? Graduate Medicine is still medicine but accelerated, they are accepted world wide because you are getting the same degree and even then, there are EU Med School who have shorter grad systems as well…. Please do better research Also not all GEM are 4 years, depending on the uni you can be 5+ years.
@@kins5445 Again, the years it has taken you to do Med school does not matter, as long as you have real, accredited medical degree from the UK, you can literally work anywhere…. I think you have read false information or are making up lies for whatever reason.
