kentikins Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi, nice to meet you all. I'm 17 from London and only play COD4 on my Mac. I've been playing on the Fearless Assassins for a few months now and now I feel compelled to join as everyone has been so welcoming. I'm studying for my A-levels now, hoping to do medicine at university. I like to call myself a graphic designer. I mainly do comic book art, take a look here: http://kentikins.tumblr.com/. If you want any of my pieces for your desktop backgrounds, feel free to message me. Thanks for letting me introduce myself & hope to play Cod with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Mafia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Welcome to forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestein Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hey, think I've seen you play a few times :] Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfang77 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ahh a prospective medicine applicant for the meatgrinder eh? Good luck! Welcome to our forums and have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentikins Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thanks all, To Alexandria: I can't remember playing an ALexandria. I pay Cod4 on the "fa no martyr recruiting" server. Is that it? to darkfang77: I don't know if I want to go straight into medicine but to do it after doing a bio-chemistry degree. I got a lot of pressure into doing math/banking but now in this era - not the best job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panini*Hobbit@mp3 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hello and welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfang77 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 to darkfang77: I don't know if I want to go straight into medicine but to do it after doing a bio-chemistry degree. I got a lot of pressure into doing math/banking but now in this era - not the best job. That's a very very long debate to have, remember 9k tuiton + you will not get another student loan for 2nd degrees. Biochemistry is a good start for doing medicine A101, but I assume you are still doing AS-levels? Remember a few things about post-graduate. 1.) You are predicting something 5+ years in the future. 2.) Depending on your university, not only should you have decent A-levels (A*AA or AAA), you will need a 2:1 to match. I've applied to do biochemistry, ideally in London, the grim place of the UK, and going research post-grad. And additionally, Biochemistry and Medicine lead to very different outcomes in the workforce spectrum, if you are leaning towards the biomedical technologies (it might be more useful to do biomedical sciences) Out of sincere curiousity, what A-levels are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentikins Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 That's a very very long debate to have, remember 9k tuiton + you will not get another student loan for 2nd degrees. Biochemistry is a good start for doing medicine A101, but I assume you are still doing AS-levels? Remember a few things about post-graduate. 1.) You are predicting something 5+ years in the future. 2.) Depending on your university, not only should you have decent A-levels (A*AA or AAA), you will need a 2:1 to match. Out of sincere curiousity, what A-levels are you doing? Yeah, I'm doing my AS right now. They're Chemistry, Biology, Maths & History. I'm targeted straight A's right now as I got straight A-A*'s in GCse The tuition fees won't be much of a problem, my grandparents left me the costs of my university fees in their will. I live in London and I just want to get out, away from my parents I know I want to be a specialised doctor but I'm not sure what i want to specialised in and Biochemistry might help with my decision. By the way what A levels did you take (and your grades if its not too personal) and where did you go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pronoob Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hello And Forum Have Fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfang77 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah, I'm doing my AS right now. They're Chemistry, Biology, Maths & History. I'm targeted straight A's right now as I got straight A-A*'s in GCse The tuition fees won't be much of a problem, my grandparents left me the costs of my university fees in their will. I live in London and I just want to get out, away from my parents I know I want to be a specialised doctor but I'm not sure what i want to specialised in and Biochemistry might help with my decision. By the way what A levels did you take (and your grades if its not too personal) and where did you go? Lucky lucky Uhh let's see. GCSEs were a bit low, around 10As, 4Cs and an A*, under extenuating circumstance. AS were Maths, Further Maths, Engl. Lit, Chemistry, Biology. Dropped Eng Lit, took up an EPQ~ So AS: AAAAC + EPQ (ongoing, probably A) A2 predictions: A*A*AA Applied for biochemistry @ Imperial, KCL, UCL, Warwick & Oxf. (re-applying at 1st year) Firming ICL, Insurance Warwick (although they're the same entrance req.) Personally, I see medicine as an over-rated poofed up vocation course, bit like being an anorexic model. Imo, most people want to be doctors because they get to help people, etc, etc which soothes their egos and presumably makes them popular with the ladies & pay, etc, etc. However, what you must remember is that the med. degree is 5+1+1 with incalculated year and found. year and you will be 25-26 when you're done, the salary for a junior doctor is pretty crap (ca. 25k depending on source) and you will be spending those J.Dr years (+clinical years) at a G.P looking at haemoroids and prescribing contraception. Unless you decide to go straight into specialisation which will be a further 2-3 years. Although if you want the quick way in and the quick way out, its 4 years if you do Biochem first, therefore 3+4, which is still seven, and you only get the benefit to two Bachelors. Additionally, medics are realistically only required imo, in the public healthcare sector, most of the supply and logistics are done by the under-rated biochemists and research doctorates in the private sector who have to put up with medical students during one of their years as part of their degree. I may be very very biased in this regard, but what pisses me off the most is that the researchers and doctorates make the medicine and test and invent them. All the medics do is diagnose and dish them out as needed (barring surgeons, etc), and they get paid 20k-ish by medical charities to shadow a researcher whilst the researcher themselves only get paid 6k from the charity as part of their D.Res. [/rant] If you want some more guidance on Biochemistry, it might be worth reading this book: http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/0199226717 I read it in full from the library and it's great knowledge to have (you need A2 knowledge for some parts) but essentially, if you try to understand it, it's a mind-tester for A-level students. Have you considered what universities you are applying for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 to forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 A big welcome to Kentikens! An i dig your art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ aka GDR DJ Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 hello and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentikins Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thanks for the advice, i'll look into the book. Know what you mean about the doctor persona. My reason is more of the science related stuff, i just like to know the way my body works and the affects of chemicals on the body, and that's probably why i want todo Biochemistry first and if medicine still fascinates me, i'll do it. I'm looking into St John's at Oxford and Queen Mary and maybe UCL. I've visited Oxford and UCL already and like the campus life at Oxford more. A big welcome to Kentikens! An i dig your art. Thanks, did most of that for my GCSE, barely scraped an A as my teacher didn't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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