So off we went in the car. Mum and dad in the front seats attempting to battle through the chaotic jumble that are the roads in London, a far cry from Dick Whittington’s streets of gold. My two sisters hidden out of sight, completely crushed by countless bed sheets:
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When I look back to my sixth form school days, a mixture of memories come flooding back to me. That overly-large rucksack with biology, chemistry notes brimming from the top, and that squashed breakfast banana smearing silently yet surely I promised mum I would eat.
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You may be a pre-medical student about to apply to medical school, a first year medical student who has just started, or a final year medical student like myself!
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So you've completed the tiresome UCAS form, had your interview, put up with the agonising wait for an acceptance letter, and finally you are waiting to start your medical degree. But what has the 5 years
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Every medical school course is divided into two main components, preclinical, which usually lasts either 2 or 3 years, and clinical, which is usually 3 years. Preclinical medicine essentially prepares medical students
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The elective period may be viewed as being the most exciting aspect of medical school, as students are free to travel, within reason, to virtually anywhere in the world.
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Medical school is the start of a long journey; one that allows you to learn about yourself and others along the way, a personalchallenge that can be very rewarding. It's not just a case of studying for a degree, there's a lot more to it than that,
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Coming into my first lecture of second year I was pretty smug; like hundreds of others in the country I'd scraped my way through first year of medical school.
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