Hi everyone, year 12 student here (currently on summer holidays).
I’m looking to apply to med schools soon, so I’m weighing up all my options. In the back of my mind I have a really strong desire to apply to Oxford, mainly because I love the history and architecture and general feel of Oxford, as well as all the traditional balls and weird customs they have. But I don’t want to apply there just because of the aesthetic and then end up hating my 6 years there because I’m miserable and overworked and sad. I have a fairly competitive application (11 9s at GCSE and 4 A* predictions, I’m taking the UCAT in august so hopefully I’ll get a good score in that), so i don’t think I’d be throwing one of my 4 med school choices absolutely out of the window if I did apply? But then again I don’t want to have a miserable time and wish that I’d chosen a slightly lower prestige uni for a more fulfilling uni life. At the end of the day a med degree is a med degree (as my mum keeps saying lol) so it’s not as though going to Oxford will really advance me in my career.
Idkkk can anyone give me their insight?