ABSTRACT
Should you study medicine? Although this chapter is mainly aimed at helping you get a place at a medical school, the degree of your commitment to medicine is so important, not only for achieving this but also for dictating whether you will enjoy a career in medicine afterwards, that I make no apology for starting by asking you again to think carefully about whether you really want to study medicine at all. If, having examined yourself and your motivation thoroughly and honestly, the pros do not easily outweigh the cons of a medical career for you, then I earnestly entreat that you seriously consider another career.
