whatsmyname: Did you take your natural skills, talents and abilities into consideration before choosing this pathway? If not, you need to go back to the drawin board; thank God you are still young. The mistakes that many youngsters make in choosing their career paths in life is that they allow irrelevant factors such as peer pressure, ignorant parents, older ones who know next to nothing about the true meaning of life, hunger, vanity among others to dictate their career path as opposed to finding out God's gifts, talents and natural abilities in them and choosing their career paths.

nahcee: please my fellow NL members...you guys shouldn't just view the topic .....your advice and contributions are welcomed...please help a confused teenager

HouseOfBalloons: you're still 16. You have time. If its medicine you want, accept the admission, get a good cgpa and change the course. Also get jamb form next year, and apply for medicine in another good school. Best case scenario: you get medicine thru jamb AND change of course. Worst case scenario: you don't get mbbs thru jamb or coc, complete your microbiology degree with at least 2:1 and get mbbs thru d.e, You're lucky u started early so u won't have age problems,

HouseOfBalloons: you're still 16. You have time. If its medicine you want, accept the admission, get a good cgpa and change the course. Also get jamb form next year, and apply for medicine in another good school. Best case scenario: you get medicine thru jamb AND change of course. Worst case scenario: you don't get mbbs thru jamb or coc, complete your microbiology degree with at least 2:1 and get mbbs thru d.e, You're lucky u started early so u won't have age problems,

nahcee:
my story is quite annoying...i am nancy...16 years of age....i just got admitted into ABSU to study microbiology...tho what i had always wanted as a child is to be a medical doctor....but along the way i got scared of the high requirements to get admitted(like the high jamb score,this is my second time of writing jamb and i didn't want to sit back at home for another year and that medicine is a very competitive course)...i heard i could change my course after 100level...but my parents are not supportive...i don't know if i should just study the microbio or what....i am confused...and need advice from matured minds

Olarewajub:
Why do you want to become a physician?

overhypedsteve:
happy buffdae to you! Happy buffdae to you! Happy buffdae to you dear Nancy! Happy buffdae to you. Hipppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp hurararrrrrrrrrrayyyyyyyy! Happy birthday Nancy!
You know how i felt when i became 17,i was like men this going to be fun. I ll get to start college that year. I ll probably even get a girl friend and a xbox( i wld prefer the xbox ) well i got only two of my wishes i got the xbox and a girlfriend but i ddnt get into college ( jamb! Oh ye wicked jamb) funny thing is that it was not until 3 years later that i finally got in. So babe you still have time to decide which way to go med or mcb, you re still so young that i could call you my daughter. So let me give you a simple advice like the daughter i don't have yet. Nancy! Shey you want to be ductor? You want to wear white coat and stab innocent patients with injections? Well my little " very young " daughter i ve chosen this auspicious day of your birth anniversary to announce to you that i also wished to be a doctor, i wanted to stab people things too ( and i succeeded on that part or how else where you born)but i failed in my dreams i ws also scared of jamb scores and i flopped. But do not flop my young daughter your career as a medical stabber em! Sorry doctor cannot be displaced for anything don't flop. Start the microbiology stuff and still keeping writing your jamb.

Ok. I know u re kind of surprised but i ve set out a day of my life to visit a single member of this forum on the birthday list and celebrate with them. Jeez! You re 17 and you re more active in the romance section what do you discuss? Ok spare me that happy birthday switheeeeeee

Capitas7:
Career is a life-long process, and it is to be built. Most people who end up regretting their choice of course (after being rejected by their choice departments, and adopted by a seemingly less prestigious department) are usually those who couldn't meet up with their target grade/class of degree, which would have been a good compensation for the earlier loss. I believe you can build your career in the medical field with a good foundation in this microbiology if you set a target and end up being close to or hitting the target. Good enough, you're young (and appear to have a big dream going by your post), so you have enough time to build the career up to and beyond your dreams/goals. I hope the following options would broaden your knowledge about how to achieve this.

1. You may choose to have a first degree in Microbiology (should be 4yrs under normal academic conditions), then apply for Direct Entry into 200L Medicine......through DE, your chances of getting admitted to study Medicine are very high in several universities.

2. You may obtain your first degree in Microbiology, and obtain your MSc or other higher degrees in Public Health Epidemiology, which is a highly sought after profession especially in a continent such as Africa.

3. You may commence your studies as a student of Microbiology, then apply for a change of course after your 100L.

4. You may obtain another UTME form, so as to seek another admission next session.

Majority of experienced people (graduates, undergraduates, lecturers) would tell sincerely tell you that your chances of successfully getting a change of course are very low (this is not about your capacity, but about the policies and need to cut down on the existing medicine students as the universities now use Quota system). Option 4 is not advisable as well, because from experience, students end up performing extremely woefully in their year 1, and more often they fail to het admitted through the new UTME application. This implies they have to continue with their studies on the poor academic background.

In summary, accept your admission first, and give it all your best.....a bird at hand,....

nahcee:
Gdevening sir@ Mr Overhypedsteve.....ur naughty daughter is loyal sir....How is ur day going? Thankyou 4 the birthday wishes....I am highly honoured and i must say i am grateful....Thankyou for the advice sir.....And abt being active in the romance section,i dn't discuss anything there(infact it has been long i posted a comment)...i just view topics sir

overhypedsteve:
you re funny, really funny. Thank you for calling me a sir though ( you re making me feel old already ) the email you sent a message to is obsolete and not in use. This is my real email scribe81@yahoo.com Any future reference should be made to that email. I ll update a DP later so u know am not as old as my comment may ve presented me. Thanks Nahcee. Whats the real name though?.

Olarewajub:
You sounded like a Sir.

nahcee:
Gdafternoon Mr overhypedsteve......How is your day going? My real name is Nancy.....

Gdafternoon Mr olarewajub....thankyou for the birthday wishes...i am grateful...

overhypedsteve:
i am indeed doing well. How are you? And how ws ur day.

nahcee:
i am fine......my day was ok..

overhypedsteve:
ok, that's good, just continue having a nice day.

overhypedsteve:
olanrewaju Jacobs. Am i correct?

Olarewajub:
Happy Birthday @ Nahcee

nahcee:
Gdafternoon sirs @ mr capitas @ mr mcslize.....How is your day going?....I am honoured to have you both comment on my post....Thankyou for your advice....i would put in my best....i would try the change of course,cos my parents would not consent 2 me getting another jamb form...to them tz gona b a waste of money.....IN GOD I TRUST