i keep wondering if l`ll make it out depression and get my life back and be someone. has that happened to u? i wanted to own my own bakery but unfortunately didnt work out so now im considering med field but is the med field only for smarties? i feel like my disability is making me a handicap and i get angry all the time from ppl telling me u cant, thinking of im dumb.
Yes. Medicine requires very good scores, excellent writing skills, a lot of devotion to the job, and the start of the career is long and gruelling, often at the expense of personal interests. And I'm going to be very frank now. If your English is like that on a regular basis, you're not going to go well in medicine.
Get used to biology, anatomy, and chemistry. All of them will be your dearest friends while studying for any kind of medical degree.
My mom used to be a nurse, and while I don't know too much about it, I don't think she got straight A's.
OK. How old are you? What do you want to do within the field of medicine? Have you gone to university for a different degree? Are there restrictions on late entry or so on for you at your available universities? This isn't an easy thing to get advice on, so perhaps it'd be good for you to see a careers adviser (if you're still in school).
nineteen and i want to do occupational therapy , i know my memorization is excellent , i understand anatomy and phyisology. Biology i kinda understand ,however its the math disabilty that made me drop out of college at eighteen.
Hm, I'm not sure what the university requirements are where you live, but in my country, you have one major shot at a good university entrance, and after that it's very difficult to get a good course. Where you are and what universities are available to you are important factors; a degree from a bad university isn't worth much, but late entrance to the best universities is hard.
Have you checked the entry requirements for the universities you're interested in? Does your jurisdiction have a university guide book? (Australia has a really effective system of university guides, I'm not sure about other places) Have you made any enquiries to universities asking about courses and admissions?
You should try also being a nurse or physician's assistant. They are less academically challenging but still respectable health positions.
Then you had better get started. :lol: The window of opportunity isn't as endless as we're sometimes led to believe. Your twenties and late teens are just as important as your thirties. Good luck. EC is always here for advice.
Most universities have an entry requirement, but it doesn't stop there. In medicine they whittle down the students until in the end only a small percentage stay. If you don't think you have the natural ability, don't try it, you'll just end up disappointed and out of pocket. I'm giving you my honest opinion. You'd be better off doing something you're more confident in.
If you have problems with math, medicine is probably a no-go. Advanced chemistry has a lot of mathematics in it, as does physics and calculus, all of which are premed requirements (this would apply to both medical school and physician's assistant or nurse practitioner training.) The entrance requirements are steep, it's extremely competitive, and as others have said, you need to have really strong scores on the standardized testing (MCATS, etc) which typically have a fairly hefty mathematical component to them. Occupational therapy has less math requirements, but there are still some.
Hey, I'm doing Medicine at uni at the moment. Medicine i.e. to be a doctor is HARD work, in the UK you need straight As at A level and have to go through a massively tough application process. From what I have read my honest advice would be to consider nursing, occupational therapy or physio. These are great jobs in the medical field that don't involve YEARS OF INTENSE LEARNING that have great patient contact and practical hands-on work. That said, do your research, look at the jobs in detail, maybe organise some work experience to see if you will really like it and most importantly look at the application criteria and see if you think you fit these well .
I couldn't agree with this post more. The medical field is very diverse with so many different jobs that require varying skill sets and education requirements. If and when you go back to school, do try to make sure you get as much help with your studies as you possibly can. Good luck figuring out what you would like to do!
