Career Options after NEET-UG

NEET UG is should not say it but it’s National Eligibility Entrance Test. This a huge dream of ever aspiring medico to clear this exam. But there is a sad reality. Every year millions of students appear for this exam but only a few could manage to secure their seats in Medical College. This year in 2020, a total of 15.97 lakh candidates registered and over 13 lakh students appeared in the exam.

And can you guess how many vacancies are available for MBBS admission in all government and private medical colleges across the country?

It is less than 1 lakh. That means it is very obvious that only 1 student out of 20 approx. could get admission. Then what about others, what will the other students do, where will they go?

I’m writing this article to tell all of the students that it’s not the end of anything. Even consider it as a new beginning. I know that all those questions are making you worried about your future, but trust me a lot of new opportunities are waiting for you. So rather than thinking about your past results, you should start working on your future.

Here in this article, I will tell you about the other options instead of being a doctor after NEET-UG if you are not getting a college for MBBS.

 
MBBS from Abroad

So, first of all, I want to tell you about the most famous option. Yes MBBS from abroad is very popular among students who want to be doctors but have low marks in the NEET exam. Many countries provide admission to Indian students for MBBS. Countries like Russia, Ukraine, China, The Philippines, etc. are very popular. They have low expenses as compared to private Indian Medical colleges.

But I would like to let you know about some facts before choosing this option. I have many of my friends who are doing MBBS from abroad. I personally don’t advise you to go with that option. I have many reasons to justify my words but in the end, it will be your personal decision.

If you really want to be a doctor and you don’t want to prepare again for NEET then you can go for this option. Students doing MBBS from abroad have very different problems. The first and foremost problem is for the weather, countries like Russia are very cold countries and many students from India cannot manage to withstand extremely low temperatures, epically if you are from central India or south India.

 The second will be the problem of food. Many times you may not get Indian food, though some universities claim that they provide Indian food but many don’t. These are the major problems regarding lifestyle.

Instead of that, you will see a lot of differences in academics structure, the variation of diseases and cases. You will not be able to attend a variety of patients abroad whereas in India the variety of cases is a lot. And the last thing I would like to address is language. If you are planning to do MBBS from abroad then you have to learn their language. The universities will teach you the language but you have to spend more time in your MBBS than 5.5 years.

BDS

If you are having a decent score and you are unable to get a seat in MBBS then you can go with the option for BDS. BDS is a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and it is a 5 years course. This course will train you for being a dentist. But before choosing that option keep in mind about some factors like

• Whether you have any family background in dentistry
• What will be the future scope of it?
• What will the salary of a Dentist in Corporate Setup?
• What will be the Return of Investment in your own private setup?

I am telling you to consider these factors because dentistry is achieving saturation and a lot of new dentists are coming every year. No doubt that there will always be a shortage of well-skilled dentists but still you should consider these facts

AYUSH Courses

This option is having a lot of courses available for an aspiring medico. It includes BAMS i.e. Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, BHMS i.e. Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery. BUMS, for Unani and other medicine systems like Siddha medicine and Yoga & Naturopathy. 

With any of these courses, you can be a doctor. These courses have very low cutoff so you can easily get college into these courses even in Government College.

The curriculum of these courses is very similar to MBBS. You just have to read some additional books related to your courses.

 

B.P.Th and Sports Medicine

BPT is a Bachelor of Physiotherapy. This is a very emerging field related to patient care. Nowadays every doctor prescribes physiotherapy to bed-ridden patients. Physiotherapy is also required for patients with paralysis. You will be designated as a Doctor of course.

You can even become a sports medicine doctor and it is having a great future. Ever sports have injuries and every official team like National cricket team, IPL teams, Football teams, etc. have their own Sports Medicine experts.

 

B.Sc. Nursing

This course is also a 4 years course. This course is directly involved in patient care. With this course, you can be a nurse. Guys don’t think that only a girl can be the nurses. Boys can also be the nurse and being a nurse you will have many benefits as a medico. 

You can work with corporate hospitals or government hospitals or either with private setup. There is good security of the job and also earning as a nurse is fair enough. You will be going to have all the subjects of MBBS. The main difference is just that you will read much lesser than MBBS Students.

 

Now, So far I have discussed the options that are involved in patient care. Now I would like to tell you about those options that don’t deal with patient care.

 

Forensic Science

It is a very fascinating field where you will learn how to apply medical knowledge to solve legal cases. B.Sc. Forensic Sciences is a 3 years of Undergraduate program which is having a good scope in the future. 

With this forensic science, you can work with top investigating bodies of countries like CIB or IB. There you will learn all the medicolegal aspects of livings as well as the dead.

If you want an adventurous and daring career then I think Forensic sciences are your cup of tea. I want a close look at what does actually, forensic science people do then you can want a very popular T.V series C.I.D. and a recently released Web series Asur.

They will help you to give a better perspective on this course

 

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is another emerging field in our country. Now many institutions are providing B.Sc. Biotechnology degree. It is a 3 years program that will let you utilize a biological system for creating something innovative. 

The scope of this field is constantly increasing. Even the IITs are also providing a Post Graduate Program in Biotechnology.

 

B.Pharma

Bachelors of Pharmacy is a course related to the knowledge of drugs and medicine. This is also a 3 years course and that you can start your own pharmacy or can work with pharmaceutical companies. This is not a very popular course among students though some students. That’s why put it at last.

 

Other Options

There are many other options after NEET but they are outside the stream. Food Science, Journalism, Management, Lawyer, Fashion designer, Interior designers are also some of the emerging fields. You can go with any of them if you are interested in any other fields instead of medicine. If you want a further post regarding these options comments me down.