Happy Midweek!! Hope your week has been blessed so far? Mine has, thank God. Today's topic will be part one of next week's post. After almost seven years in a strange land University, I'm certain I will be able to give important points to help you navigate the University system. Mind you, this is not specific for Medical school but applicable to everyone. Here are the main guidelines I could come up with, if you think I left some out, please comment below and I'll update this post
- Be at least 90% sure you chose the right field:
Littlestory here, I remember vividly the day my mum and bro sat me down to ask if I really wanted to study medicine. Reason was, they believed, and actually it was true, that I was an excellent student in Maths and Physics and my folks thought I would follow in the family's footsteps by studying Engineering but nah I was so stubborn I didn't let them persuade me. A-levels and a year of Basic Medical Course (BMC) later, I'm finally in Medical School! Yay I suppose but let's rewind a bit to 2nd Semester of BMC, I called my Mum to tell her I wanted to change to Engineering because Biology was giving me a headache! (NB: I didn't fail, I did not fancy the long and boring chapters I had to study for a test). My mum wasn't having any of my crap because I used up the only chance I had to change my field of study and so I pushed on having in mind that it's Medicine or nothing. My point here is, if you are lucky and you know before it's too late that the field you started with is not for you, please don't force it. Weigh your options and make the right choice.
