Is Medical School REALLY That Hard? | AskAMedStudent

[@ah-sc7rw]

Ollie you look sleep deprived, go to sleep! Don’t prioritise us over your study and rest in exams season. We already have plenty of content to watch but you have plenty of content to learn.

[@rodeo9]

I was thinking that too. The topic of the video is somewhat sadly appropriate

[@OllieBurtonMed]

I'm alright, it's just been a difficult few weeks of overload! I think the lighting and the camera angle doesn't help hugely, trust me it's not as bad as it looks 😆

[@reannarichardson3978]

I agree with the points made. For my first degree, I did a double major in bio and chem and I'd say chem is more conceptually demanding than medicine and some topics like genetics we don't go as deep as I did for bio. But for medicine, I'd say this is the hardest I've had to work. The workload is about 100x more than I did for a double major.

[@vincetheworldly537]

Agree to everything you are saying here: especially about medical school being hard not because of the concepts but because of the bulk infos you need to take in, and that the core concepts have been revisited over and over.

[@christinetse9468]

Hi Ollie, just wanted to thank you so incredibly much for these videos - they're so insightful! Today, I received my first offer to study Medicine and I'm ecstatic!! This is my second time applying during a gap year so receiving an offer felt like all the work actually paid off! Your vids on med interviews were so incredibly helpful!! So thank you so much! I can't wait to go to med school in September!😄

[@paulinaf569]

Awesome! Best of luck to you!

[@ElaOrana]

congratulations! best of luck !

[@chunli3443]

I'd say it's more emotionally demanding

[@charlottep.114]

This is perfect timing! Just got an offer for medicine at Nottingham :)

[@OllieBurtonMed]

Huge congratulations Charlotte! 😊

[@mistarsadistephen]

All the best for the exams! I'm sure you'll do great

[@abigaillogan3843]

Hope your exams go well for you! Thank you for this video it was really interesting!!

[@MarkSmithhhh]

I agree 100%...Hard isn't the right word...it's BUSY, but Hard doesn't describe it for me...remember youre going to become a doctor if you get thru it...that kept me excited and motivated...plus it was easy to ignore distractions since saying "I'm in medical school" was instantly understood by everyone that I simply had no time to do anything lol..."hard" would entail that its difficult to grasp insanely abstract concepts or try to tackle something beyond your abiliry level..that's not the case...quantum physics is hard, playing professional sports is hard...even if you study/train relentlessly you may still fail... to me "hard"would mean just that (that theres a chance you could do everything exactly as you should, put in the time you should, and fully dedicate yourself to school but you STILL might fail)..i simply dont buy that...if you put the time in, and you were smart enough to be admitted to med school, you will have no problem...

[@mroosie7488]

I think the sheer volume and breadth is what make it hard, plus placements on top of that

[@OllieBurtonMed]

Definitely agree with you there

[@alisonc5]

How many hours of classes and study time do you have per week? Thanks again for making such informative videos

[@zq7759]

Ollie you are an absolute legend. I didn't do good in year 12 and wasn't allowed to do my levels, so I switched to BTEC. I got an offer for Neuroscience at Warwick, and I plan to apply for GEM after completing my degree. I wish you all the best in your education and career!

[@quentinfreeth8105]

You can absolutely do it man. Did Neuro at Bristol and now do GEM at Southampton - degree and admissions test are what count, school won't matter

[@zq7759]

@@quentinfreeth8105 This gives me so much hope ! do you have any advice for me coming in as a first year neuro student? Should i be studying my ass off from day one or can i have some fun first year? i really wanna get that 2:1

[@quentinfreeth8105]

@@zq7759 Absolutely enjoy first year man! Only people who maybe have to worry about doing well in first year are the people who are applying to stuff like law and finance placements that sometimes use first year results when they apply in 2nd year. For medicine obviously you only apply earliest in 3rd year, so long as you get a 2:1 in 2nd year that’s all that matters. Remembering my first year, the thing that was a bit scary was even though you only need to pass, there were no past papers or anything unlike at school, so it was hard to gauge what that minimum 40% actually was lol, but it’s honestly manageable. Always ideal not to do completely nothing of course, but yeah there’s definitely no need to break your back in first year. Also pro tip - the KZbin channel ‘Neuroscientifically Challenged’ is bloody golden for concise explanations

[@dellamantle355]

Thanks Ollie that is pretty much what I thought. Good luck with your exams

[@wt1836]

Don't worry, by the time you specialise you'll forget most of what you've learned 😁

[@shaz4715]

This says a lot

[@Lil2560]

Not hard, but you have to sacrifice a lot of things for it, no rest, no entertainment and no sleep, and also no social life When I was young I used to say I'm going to be a doctor to everyone when they asked me what would you like to be in the future. And after months I'll be a college student , and I have no idea what major I want 💔 Actually I don't care I just go with the flow

[@adrielthomas5080]

Hello could you talk a bit more about when you said the level of conceptual difficulty reaches as much as A level biology please? Thanks. Great video btw 🫡

[@j.dujournal]

Why am I just now discovering you? So informative.

[@LeahRebecca]

reassuring

[@vertigo2930]

I think doing a Phd (in any field) on average is much harder than doing a Medical Degree. The former is all about creating new knowledge and defending its status as such. As for Medical Degree, it is more about memorising, analysing and regurgitating discovered knowledge in exams.

[@OllieBurtonMed]

I don't disagree at all, I know many medical doctors that have been broken by their PhDs - medical degrees are undergraduate level while obviously a PhD is intended as a terminal degree

[@vertigo2930]

@@OllieBurtonMed spotless logic Edit : though the prestige attached to general Medical Degree comes from the fact learned knowledge can be practical in saving lives ! Phds discovered knowledge (non medic) on the contrary, tend to be useless in this department !

[@smithereensloccomotives678]

@@vertigo2930 Not really, researchers are the ones who make vaccines, new treatment strategies, drugs... these all have to be discovered in research

[@melaWilkpolska]

Im sleep deprived 😓

[@debsbraiden3955]

Did you do A level Chemistry Ollie? Did you find A level Chemistry harder than A level Biology?

[@OllieBurtonMed]

I did indeed - I only got a B in it though, which hamstrung me significantly. I found it harder than biology at the time - but I think that's more because biology let you get away with a lot of rote learning rather than practical application of your knowledge. Chem was much more about applying principles to new problems.

[@debsbraiden3955]

@@OllieBurtonMed thank you 😁 everybody here in Northern Ireland has told me the same thing, that Chemistry A level is harder than Biology A level. In Northern Ireland we only have one undergrad 5 year course in one University as we are such a tiny place. Problem is you need A* in chemistry and biology plus one other A level and then a fourth As level. So altogether you need 3 A levels at A*AA and an As level at grade A . Difficult enough to get but Queens University is not a flexible place and still shortlists on points that you got at GCSE. I feel like it is really unfair because lots of people have done badly at GCSE and then did very well at A levels but they wont even be considered because of getting grade B or C somewhere in their GCSE's. Northern Ireland is the most backward place and still operating university in a very traditional manner. No second chances after GCSE!

[@nevadanick]

Very informative 😊

[@hbh7868]

Hit the nail on the head

[@LabeilleVerte-hs5ih]

Thank you , it is clear that you are clever ❤great ❤calm

[@anonymous-user-2024]

Thank you for the video. Do you have any recommendations on a good resource to learn and retain microbiology especially antibacterials? Thank you.

[@shaz4715]

Another great one.

[@danielsevell5732]

Spot on

[@rchjsh]

Good stuff

[@ElenaRadu33]

is not that hard...it makes it harder when you think about it on this perspective and complain all the time

[@leticia_baptista]

No, medicine isn't hard. I've heard that we're all robots, we're all pieces of engineering. Medicine doesn't really exist, it's just like literature. Got it? There are no medical treatments. When a person gets ill, nurses simply exchange his/her robot. Doctors do nothing, they pretend they're clever (in reality, they're actors). I hope this helps. Best wishes, Lety

[@hollydavies4041]

You’re fab thank you... not sure if this has put me of grad med lol

[@OllieBurtonMed]

It was never going to be easy 😂 go ahead and apply!

[@mehditila7424]

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