{"id":7999,"date":"2019-02-10T21:45:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2019-08-06T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:59:26","slug":"studying-at-cardiff-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/studying-at-cardiff-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying at Cardiff University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone! As this is my first time blogging, I thought I’d start with the basics and just introduce myself and my background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see from my bio, my name is Oliver and I’m currently in my 4th year at Cardiff University. I study Medicine, but this year am doing an intercalated degree in Medical Education. I’m sure this is a foreign concept to most people, so I’ll explain. An intercalated degree is where you step out of Medicine for a year and enter the final year of another degree (this has to be related to Medicine). This means all the coursework, deadlines and (eek) the dissertation! Joking aside, it’s a great opportunity and so much fun so far!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The thought of writing my dissertation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I thought I’d give a little throwback to my pre-UCAS days where some of you might be at the moment. For my A Levels, I studied Maths, Chemistry and Biology (the dreaded trio). I’d wanted to study Medicine for as long as I could remember so spent a fair bit of time doing different volunteering\/work experience for the personal statement. Thankfully, it all paid off and I got accepted to Cardiff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I checked my UCAS
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Throughout my 4-years here at Cardiff, I’ve participated in so many different societies and activities! There are tonnes of different sports and societies which you can join at university – I tended to focus on the societies related to my course. I’ll give you a brief overview below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n