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Controversial note
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Matt
Many parents may well want to have a go at me for this! However, as an applicant myself I feel it is very important to say this: Students applying to do medicine should do so because they want to and not because of any other external factor…
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.?– Dr?Seuss.
Now another little anecdotal tale I have is from the University of Birmingham – the claim to have had a student that turned up for interview and said, “I don’t want to do medicine, but my Dad made me apply, please fail me, please!” Needless to say, she didn’t get in.
I understand that parents want the best for their children, and that they want them to do well, and have a good job, earn lots of money, and the rest (gee, aren’t ideal worlds nice these days?). That’s quite right. But remember that medicine is a very demanding career choice, and influnces the rest of your life in almost every way. The best support a parent can give any university applicant is to provide them with the information and the opportunities for every course and university that they would like to consider, and then support them in whatever choices they choose to make. End of!
Matt says: It’s all about mind over matter, really!
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