Failure44:
I just gained admission
Pls any advice on topics to specially study as a 100 level? Medicine

Obc1234:
Concerning all these NASU strike, covid 19 and holding 2020 admission, based on prediction when will 2021 registration likely to commence.
Men need to figure out something, please your prediction is needed

harmargedon:
have they started registration?

HumanCalc:
Welcome the newest medical student on this thread.

Rules7:
Pls anyone has jamb registration commenced.

dunsin125:
EBSU does not conduct post utme and the cutoff for medicine has been 250 for some years now. You should work towards 300+ to be assured of admission.

dunsin125:
Thanks bro.

brain02:
quote me back with your number. I'm also writing this year thanks. same course too.

ennyj01:



Okay, thanks.
I was thinking it has started.

ennyj01:
Please is there anyone here that has registered for jamb?

Did you use NIN when registering?

I mean 2021 jamb that came out this year.

ToksZee:
yeah

The5DME:
which novel are we using for English?

Zeeknow3245:

Though quite relative in terms of school fees. We are talking about the one that affords him time. Dentistry student are somewhat relative to Medical student in terms of work load or even more but you can't compare how they drop students. Medicine drop students more than Dental students and it's no news.
According to him he sounds like someone who support his siblings except he didn't write his issues properly.
Even if he struggles and enters. We have not even talked about him entering medicine. He is a JAMB aspirant not even DE. JAMB is yet to give instructions on this year's exam.
Many of our bosses here on Nairaland who studied Medicine or are studying it have finished their degrees in Basic medical sciences before getting into Medicine through DE. I urge him to go through DE if at all he wants Medicine.

Zeeknow3245:

I don't intend discouraging him but you have tell him the fact. He hasn't replied if he has sponsors, sponsoring himself or not even working currently. 2018 I got 300,2019 I got 275 and last year was 285 . I missed it by less than 2points and let me tell you Bro I was an indigene. I was told to pay Although I won't say the amount before I was given Pharmacology.
He has not told us if he did a science course so we encourage him go for DE.

MrEgghead:
It's time to move on from your past bro. The personal time table is quite okay and it doesn't necessarily have to 18 hrs per day..To be sincere, you may not be able to meet that target each day except perhaps you're an exceptionally committed human being. I believe by now you should have know your strengths and weaknesses as regards the subjects you'll be writing. Complementing your texts with Lamlard's texts will improve your understanding of those subjects and for English, you can get the "invisible teacher". Make sure you read to know everything in those texts and this requires ample time and commitment..

Zeeknow3245:

Although I am not in the best place to tell you what to do. I will be sincere with you sir I am currently 20. Yes I am Young soon approaching 21. I am currently doing side hustle and computer work for people to get money to invest more in my Business. I am waiting to get into vet school which is 6 years course. I know I will spend extra two three years making it 28 years hopefully I will be done. I won't do residency. Maybe masters but I will go into vet business.
Medicine on the other hand is different except you want to be a General practitioner. Even if its Obstetrics and Gynaecology or Paediatrics you will spend close to 5years. I am just estimating 32 you will be done with med then residency makes it 37 years. There are other courses related to it like Dentistry or even Nursing and maybe Radiography will help you make the relevant income to travel abroad go for extra training and maybe work for sometime and return. If the UK is in your mind Dentistry, Radiography and Nursing is the best bet.
Medicine is a lifetime thing. Doctors are always needed but Age and experience matters. I am not here to deter you or be an obstacle to you so don't misquote me.
There's life after med school that I know of and it is way tougher than being in med school.
Dentists, Nurses and Radiographers are highly sorted in the UK. If it is Nigeria you want to remain Nursing and Radiography is best from communications I have made. If you study medicine here and you want a field like radiology,anesthesiology,cardiology,neurology and oncology and cancer therapy which is highly sorted, we know the politics involved.
Take this from me like your kid brother giving you Advice. He might speak funnily but still makes little sense.
Incase some of you want to question,insult me in mentions, I did not cook up this things I wrote, My Family doctor was formerly working in National Hospital Abuja as a Family Medicine consultant and he is currently working with UNICEF. So read and re-read

lowcarb:


started med sch at 37yrs, so you can do it.

Donpre:

Its a herculean task you've decided to embark on and trust me you'll need to define "why" you're doing it and make sure its good enough so when obstacles both financial and academic arise, you'll always have something to keep you going

Guidelines:
I don't think there's a defined way to getting into medicine but definitely study time as high as 18 hours just ain't enough,
I don't know what the recent flavour of textbooks is now as its been 4 years since I studied for UTME but you'll need standard textbooks which the current 100L should know about.
I used: Modern Biology, Senior secondary physics, Ababio chem and (Dictionary + stress rules) for english(it was my lowest score)

Past questions are very important, too important even. Don't cram them, use them to test your knowledge and how questions can be twisted. Since you are devoting 18hrs, try to solve every single one of them more than once. I had this rule where after reading a topic I find PQs from the last 10 years on that topic and answer them, if I score below 80%, I read the topic again. Just my rule.

Exam skills:
- Time management,
- Shortcuts for solving calculations
- Speed
- Accuracy

In summary, read your textbooks from start till finish at least 3 times, solve as much past questions till you're hitting 80% in every year in every subject and prepare for the exam with the mindset that each question failed automatically increases your chances of coming back next year

#N.B: Hope your O'Levels are good(As and Bs).... My schools just used screening instead of post utme. You don't want to be caught unawares.

Encouragement?
I find it weird you'll be asking for encouragement and not sincere opinions. Seems you've already decided, your reason for deciding should be enough encouragement

but I'll chip by saying....

There's harm in trying. The 6 years + x years spent doing this can be spent mastering a trade, building a company, getting another degree+service+1 year work experience. So yes it is a huge risk especially with your age

The question is, will you regret not having taken this step some years from now?
The answer is left for the person regretting or not regretting to decide but my sincere opinion? Medicine will always be a great choice... but that's me

Good luck!