c) You need to know that the road to becoming a doctor is not a straightforward journey you can easily progress through.
a) Instead, think about the journey as one that has many different stages and routes that you can follow.
b) You have the option to follow the undergraduate route as a school leaver: you finish your A-Levels, apply to a university offering Medicine, and then go to medical school.
e) However, this is not always the journey that most medical students follow.
d) For example, many medical students take a gap year after completing their A-Levels before starting medical school.