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Originally Posted by Mr Pop
If you really want to study medicine then don't give up. Opportunities do exist, and I strongly urge you to do it and qualfiy and go back and work in the UK because if you don't, then their are 20 other IMG doc's who don't have English as their first language and are neither British and / or EU citizens waiting to take that place.
But you might have to be realistic about your situation. Whats your age and background?
Have you tried getting into a UK medical school? And if unsuccessful maybe try again 1 more time?
You must have some idea about your budget. How much are you able to afford for your tuition fees to medical school abroad? Even studying in the UK will cost you £3000 per year to be paid to the medical school.
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Hey Mr Pop. Thanks really for your concern. Very much appreciated. You are right. I shouldn't give up on my dreams, though it may sometimes seems impossible to achieve.
I'm twenty years old; done GCSEs & A Levels; Applied to medical schools last year; A Medicine re-applicant this year because I didn't get in last year; got 2 rejections from 2 UK Medical schools this year; still waiting for Kings college School Of Medicine & Lancaster Centre For Medical Education to reply and hopefully give me an interview before the term starts this September 2007. I don't want to take a gap year this year and reapply again for next year co'z I've already wasted 4 years of my life.
Yeah, UK tuition fees at university is 3070 pounds. But, we are all entitled to apply for a student loan from a government. We don't have to pay the loan not until we are earning more than 15000 pounds. The APR/interest rate is very low.
I am just a student who is at a college doing an intensive course for one year. I can't work part-time due to the nature of my course. My parents couldn't be able to fund my studies abroad. So yeah, I'm looking for ways to fund my education myself i.e. by borrowing money/private student loans but with higher APR/interest rate.
If only my grades were high enough for me to qualify for any scholarship lol. And besides, I'm too late to apply now. Oh well.