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To you it might, but there are plenty of students who would disagree with you...
Seems perfectly sensible, but still boring.
You don't need to get drunk every night to have a good time. There is no reason why you can't study hard and enjoy the social side of university.
Particularly in my course (medicine) there's two definitive cultures - those that stay in the library all lunchtime, study all night and never go out, and those who study some but party lots too. At the end of the day, who's the better doctor? I would say the latter group - they've had much more social interaction, they've seen more things, done more things, they understand how the world really works and they've had a bloody good time doing it. At the end of the five years, you're still a doctor - but the one with lower grades but who's had a good social life and been involved in things is the one more likely to get a better job, more likely to have a better bedside manner - and will have had the time of his life for the past 5 years...
If you have a degree in medicine you'd have no problem finding a job.
It's medicine - it's not just about knowledge, it's about the ability to interact with people, and I fail to see how sitting in a corner with your nose in the book, never leaving your room all year achieves this...
They will be - but this isn't just about benefit for the patient, it's about self development. Besides, medicine is very much about inter-disciplinary co-operation - if you've gone through 5 years of medical school barely talking to anyone, how would you hope to achieve this?
Not really - we're talking about the difference between 75% and 80% here, and choosing first year jobs is just the same as UCAS forms really - it's partially on your grades but more on what sort of person you are, whether you're sociable, responsible and dedicated - all of which can be better shown through extra-curricular activities and socialising.
Nah, I see what you mean.
Well if you haven't boned at least five nurses by the time you're an SHO then you're definitely not a good doctor in my book :thumb:
Oh yeah, but on a whole new level
She didn't seem to mind last night
Its good logic!! Based on experience to.
I stayed at home and went to local uni as did my mate. I also ran into a few others who did similar and people who knew others that did.
The guys , including myself were quite ostracised, well poeple were friendly but they didnt wnat to get to knwo the home poiple and such. Hell people dodnt wnat to know people on their onw course. It wa speople who they lived with that they made friends with.
Except for girls, girls did seem to find friends whethger they were home uni's or not.
Namely I say coz, girls like other girls to talk to, hang out with, go out with and the guys al want to fuck girls so they had guys friends to.
Now the guys dodnt have guys fater them so they dont get the guy friends and girls sepnd more time with the others that arent local so.
I remember me an dmy mate were used a bit for information on the city but after that, didn't want to know and before you say it, it wasn't just me, it was other local guys I ran into there as well or read form and such.
I mean you could put on amassive effort to do all the studnet union stuff and such but its an uphill battle. Most if not all the local peopel that went to uni had the same friends and went out with the same people as they always did, uni did't do owt for them but pass time and geta degree.
Trying to make it last as long as possible atm - I reckon I can hit 7 years without retaking any!
I do know of a few people who go to the local university. Often, they say they went there because of convenience... "oh, we really like this area, we want to stay here, we'll go local, and we'll save money too" ... fair point. But are they missing out on something? I'm going away from home, possibly hundreds of miles away, and it'll affect my time at university, no doubt.
When else will you learn useful skills of life?
a) How to use a washing machine without ruining your clothes.
b) How to get completely lashed on twenty quid.
c) How useful a tin opener is in a crisis.
d) How to get from somewhere you don't know (random bar) to somewhere else you don't know (halls) along streets you've never seen before - whilst completely trashed...
You might have a nurse in your bedroom...
No I said I wouldn't want them to come and see me!! :yes: