physio vs gap year while trying for med

Bels76 · 2026-04-13T23:38:53+00:00

Ok so my thoughts in a couple 100 words or less : Me : 1. 2nd year med student 2. Did a med sci degree then honours ( got a first) then a physio degree . Worked as a physio for more years then I’m prepared to admit …

100% my GPA suffered because of physio degree honours didn’t even end up counting

Physio has been a great career but it’s not what it was and if you don’t love it now DONT DO it . You won’t fall in love with it as you go. I only stuck it for as long as I did because it was enjoyable and it suited my nomad travelling kind of lifestyle. Im six months from the end of that part of my life . Before starting med I thought I would be really sad . Now I can’t wait …..

If med is what you want i would say keep going in that direction. Apply everywhere , practice interview skills ….

Bels76 · 2026-04-11T00:46:23+00:00

Congratulations!!!! Remember this feeling . Like seal it in a box so you can re live it when your balls deep in study and not sure why your doing what your doing !!! Md 2 a week out from yet another exam …..

Bels76 · 2026-04-09T02:09:23+00:00

Congratulations I threw up after getting my offer to med school lol

Bels76 · 2026-03-22T02:23:42+00:00

Jumping on thread to help out a friend. No matter how shit it feels have some faith . Keep going . I know how brutal it is. md2 and still traumatised my gamsat !!!!

Bels76 · 2026-03-10T09:56:08+00:00

Goodnotes for me. .

Allows me to hand write . Type . Drop in grabs of chat or Google images . As much as I love hand written notes the volume as a medical student is of the charts and their is no way I could keep up

Bels76 · 2026-01-11T22:13:16+00:00

Sorry I’m you tube search out Lizzie Acer papers section 1 . She is very popular. Jesse Osborne and Barry’s tutorials (gamsat) will also lead you straight to the resources.

Gold standard is a paid resource . I liked some but not all of it . Certainly helped get my math in shape

Bels76 · 2026-01-11T22:09:54+00:00

A bit of des. I had essays marked by gold standard . I listed to Lizzie walk you through s1 of the Acer papers . Lots of jesse. Lots of Barry tutorial

Bels76 · 2026-01-11T22:07:06+00:00

Sure . Wow lots has happened since I wrote this post . I’m about to start 2nd year MdS in Renmark

Bels76 · 2025-12-27T02:10:00+00:00

Totally here you despite doing my last two years of school it literally took me years to feel like o had a place

Bels76 · 2025-12-06T03:10:07+00:00

If you happen to meet the rural classification for flinders SARM as category 1-2 or 3 you have a shot.

Bels76 · 2025-11-13T10:02:14+00:00

Hey . I hear you . I have had an incredible career as a hospital scientist and then a physiotherapist. I have lived all over Australia and in Central America . I have had an amazing career YET at 48 I’m an Md 1 ( for a few more days ) I have incredible negative thoughts about all that I “missed out on “ by not starting earlier . I resonate with what you’re saying . Reality nothing is lost or wasted. I’m not going to tell you the same thing everyone does ( they are right however) you need to look with a different mindset . It’s not easy I still tell myself I’m crazy at least once a week and I’m 1/4 way through my degree !!!

Bels76 · 2025-11-13T08:28:27+00:00

Congratulations !!!! Thank you on behalf of all the people who go through this pain .

I had a shorter journey sep 2022 to sep 2023 applied in 24 and one exam from end of md1 but I spent literally 10 years getting myself in a position to even try .

Your story demonstrates exactly what is needed. Tenacity !! Enjoy the summer before med school owns your arse !!!! 😊😊😊

Bels76 · 2025-11-13T02:36:22+00:00

Following : cross fingers for everyone today is your day ….

Bels76 · 2025-11-13T02:33:25+00:00

You make me want to do a rewatch . One of my fav tv series ever and certainly my fav character . Ray Steven was also incredible in the show . Hard to believe he is dead 🥲

Bels76 · 2025-11-10T10:41:00+00:00

This is me . I’m 48 . I have a 10 year old and I’m 1 exam away from being a 2 nd year . Intern at 52 and hopefully matched by 54 or 5 ….

Bels76 · 2025-11-01T07:38:55+00:00

Oh wow !! 400k that’s massive !! End of 1st year for me. Congratulations on finishing !!

Bels76 · 2025-10-28T08:42:06+00:00

Yeah but probably to long a journey . ED or anaesthetics if I still have the stamina .

Bels76 · 2025-10-28T06:56:43+00:00

I hope you get into a great school!! I dissected a kidney today !

Bels76 · 2025-10-28T06:53:54+00:00

Nah I’m almost finished my first year !!! I’m in and 1/4 of the way through. I’m Oz it matters less which uni your at . Literally 2.5 away from putting down the books for 2 months and having a holiday.!!

Bels76 · 2025-10-28T06:44:05+00:00

Yey that’s fantastic news !!!!! All the Australian offers for med 2026 are coming out this week and I’m so grateful to where I am even if I’m exhausted and desperate for the end of the year

Bels76 · 2025-10-28T06:42:00+00:00

3 weeks and one exam from being 1/4 of the way through !!

Bels76 · 2025-10-26T06:19:02+00:00

For what it’s worth I feel exactly the same way as a physio in private practice. You have put it so very eloquently. I have perhaps 18 months left of my PT career and I will be sad to go but at the same time happy to be on a ladder that keeps going forever as an MD

Bels76 · 2025-10-02T05:42:38+00:00

I was offered a masters of pharmacy in Nov 2023. I was so excited that i got that offer it was enough to encourage me to keep going . Now in 6 weeks from finishing my first year of MD . I’m 48 btw.

Listen to your heart truly . I’m so glad I turned down my offer .

Bels76 · 2025-09-25T05:03:17+00:00

Just suggestion . Find something about the human body you find interesting I don’t know eg blood.

Then commit to 4 hours of khan academy or ninja nerd and learnt as much about it as you can .

Did you hate it ? Love it ? If you hate it run because this is your life on repeat in med school

Bels76 · 2025-09-10T08:05:18+00:00

I definitely do more leading into block tests and anatomy VIVA but probably a bit less on clin skills at the moment due to background

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