u/Affectionate_Ship451

Hi all I’m currently a final year student and I’m hoping to graduate with 2:1. I am planning on studying for the UCAT, as I really want to try to and get in. My ambition stemmed from my dissertation project where I engaged myself with cancer patients who advocated for their cancer. I really enjoyed learning about them, the biopsy sessions, labs, talking to them one-to-one and most of all just knowing about their diagnosis. It heavily interested me so that’s why I want to study medicine. But the thing is that my parents might be getting divorced and if they do I don’t think I can afford to study grad med. I’ll have to take up a job related to my degree and help my mum with the house bills. My mum told me to stop dreaming about med and just apply for jobs. While I know that is the right thing to do, my heart is set on med. I’m not that ambitious nor I’m that smart, so maybe applying for med might be a stretch for me. I just genuinely don’t know what to do. I’m 23 and took 2 gap years. I already feel like I’m behind.