Apparently (according to some boring online medicine thing I subscribe to) a large number of medical students seriously question whether they are doing the right thing or not. I know I definitely am questioning this, and definitely have in the past.
I decided to apply for medicine about a week before I handed in my UCAS form. It was an utterly bizarre decision - I think I was driven by that "if I can I might as well" attititude, which is ridiculous, because my three main passions are zoology, astronomy and creative writing. Now I do anything to pursue these.
But am I longing for these subjects because I am so irreversibly immersed in my current subject, or because they are my real callings? I'd be interested to hear what students of other subjects think - do you crave stimulation from new areas? I sure do.
I went on the Open University website to see how much it would be to study Astronomy with them. A lot, it turns out. You need a lot of money to do a degree. Ugh. And I'm doing one right now. Ugh x 2.
But right now? I just got a pang of homelessness for my native subjects because I'm writing this portfolio essay that I REALLY don't want to do. It's probably just a remnant of my disgusting teenage angst poking through. I don't like medicine right now. Whoever thought medicine would be all mediciney? It's getting in the way of me enjoying medicine. Medicine, medicine, medicine, medicine, medicine. That word is strange.
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