I am pursuing a healthcare degree and plan to apply to medicine this year. My uni is 2 hours one way and has been quite regular with 95% attendance, but I've realised that I dont learn much in a classroom setting. I feel like I waste time coming to uni. Can we axe medicine by attending like 2 days a week for anatomy and skills? I am so tight on money, energy and honestly I feel i can learn better on my own. What's your take on it?
I am doing a PA degree but want to apply to medicine in 2026 application cycle but I am worried because I am 40, I am the oldest in my cohort and I have no friends, I am an immigrant so didn't do school in UK so I have no friends outside my uni. My worry is how would I survive 4-5 years alone without a friend or friend group. My Year 1 is about to finish and because I don't have any friends I didn't practice examination and osce with anyone and failed my OSCE. They share resources with each other and I am on my own. I am extremely depressed now. I feel like they look down on me being older or may be that's how I feel.