gap year

Because of poor planning on my part, I rarely had the time to study for this exam and my test is in 3 days. I would delay the test if it was applicable, but at this point any further delay will harm my application given that i will still not have enough time to study so that i would improve...

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Sorry for the long post but I really just need advice! I'm going to be a Junior at Tulane in Fall 2018. I am a neuroscience major. I had a very rough past semester (second semester sophomore year) because of extenuating circumstances (had to work extra hours because mom lost her job). My GPA...

two questions here: 1. let's say a certain school screens and has an MCAT/GPA Cut off. does receiving secondaries from such a school mean an applicant is now more likely to be considered for the next admission process more based on the secondary essays rather than just the MCAT/gpa. I...

TL;DR: I want to take the DAT and not have the scores sent anywhere until I actually begin applying next year. How will sending the score(s) work when I actually begin applying? Any unforeseen complications with doing this? For context: I graduated Spring 2018 and only recently decided I would...

Hello. I am a med student that has to take a medical leave between MS1 and MS2 for treatment. I also have to remediate anatomy - either this fall or next summer. I applied to and got admitted to an MPH program and a Master's in Healthcare administration program - both start next month and can...

Hi SDN Community, I'll be graduating May of 2019 and plan on taking two gap years. I'll be taking the MCAT that summer. When should I apply for medical school given I'd like two years off? Please advise. Thanks!

Hi I am currently finishing up a year as a Fulbright to the United Kingdom where I am obtaining my MPH. I will be applying next cycle and will therefore have two gap years. I have two offers that I am considering and would like peoples thoughts. The first offer is an IRTA (intramural research...

Hello! First of all let me just say I appreciate whoever takes gets a chance to read this thread and any advice you guys could offer. I'm a recent grad (May 2017) with a degree in bio from my state college "already with a gap year under my belt"- 2.9GPA (sGPA ~2.7) - took a big hit my junior...

Hi! I am soon going to be a junior in college and am planning on taking a gap year the year after I graduate to get more experience and work on my application. I read that applications must be in the fall before you would attend Vet school, so my question is: would this mean I only have the...

Some background Pepperdine graduate, Class of 2016. Major: Biology Minor: Art GPA: 3.55 Extracurriculars during undergrad: Volunteering, service club member/service trips, and research. Post grad: ER scribe for 1 year and now currently working as a scribe/MA at an Immunologist's office. Doing...

Many students do not attend medical school immediately following undergrad for a variety of reasons. Many traditional applicants spend the year in between college and med school – their “gap year” – improving their academic credentials and gaining additional research or clinical experience...

Hey everyone! I had decided a while back that I would be taking a gap year after undergraduate school. I recently graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in biomedical sciences and a 3.97 GPA. I have a bit of shadowing experience with surgeries in a foreign country, and...

Hey guys, I am struggling to make a proper decision in regards to my career path. I will be a fourth year in the fall, and in order to apply this cycle I need to take my MCAT soon and apply (probably late, which will make my chances much slimmer). I was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and up...

I am a 2017 graduate from UCD, political science major with 3.88 sGPA I have recently decided to take a second gap year due to some health issues. I could have applied this cycle, but it may have been in a somewhat haphazard fashion that it is possible to see regretting, with my burning only...

I am in need of some advice, as the guidance system in my life isn't the best. I just finished my second year in a BS in biochem degree, and my current cGPA is 3.823 and my sGPA is 3.81. The problem comes in with my junior year. So, I know junior year is typically a lot of test prep, looking at...

I feel I should preface this thread by stating I am a first generation and non-traditional student who lacks academic common sense. BUT, I have fallen in love with the stretching that comes with academic growth, so I am ever so excited to learn. I decided to pursue a medical degree towards the...

This is such a repetitive question asked here, but I'd really like more takes on it. Do you think taking a gap year is worth the 0.10 gpa increase (3.7x range) and the improvement in grade trend? Right now, I'm thinking of applying to medical school. I've taken the mcat and I'm happy with my...

(Sorry in advance for how long this ended up being -- I tried to bold out my main questions) Hi all -- I am currently 23 & graduated in 2016 from a top 10 university. I was pre-med for the first 3 years of college, and ended up dropping the track at that point for various reasons and ended up...

So right now I’m a Bio major going into my jr year. I’m in the honors college at my university and I did community college for 2 years. I’ve done this so far: -a full summer as a research volunteer in general surgery for Trauma (150hrs) -hospice care (3months once a week) in HS -scribing for...

I’m currently in a predicament and need your advice. I’m a graduate student with a BS in biomedical sciences. My cGPA is 3.2, sGPA 3.0 and MCAT 489 (first attempt). I was advised to enroll in a special masters program but soon realized that going that route would be expensive. The courses that I...

So I am currently a sophomore in undergrad and have been wondering if taking a gap year after graduating is a good idea. The reason I’m asking is because in the next two years of undergrad I plan on taking upper level biology classes as well as o chem 1,2, and biochem. I know most people plan on...

I have a 3.557 gpa and am majoring in health science and minoring in chemistry and biology 3.43 sgpa. 250 shadowing hours worked 2 part jobs since sophomore year and one part time job since freshman year. 500 hours of commmunity service. taken microbiology (A), genetics (B) animal...

I have about a year left until I graduate. After I graduate, I plan on taking a gap year or two, so I'll be around 22-23 when I apply. I'm a psychology major. I've basically finished all of my psychology degree requirements. Right after the class had finished, I asked my professor for Research...

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Hi, I scored a 500 on my MCAT (I took the exam two months after graduating college while working full-time as I cannot afford to study full-time). I am willing to re-take the MCAT, but am curious about my chances of getting into medical school with my application as is. Major: Cellular &...

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I applied this past cycle and received one interview. Stats: cGPA 3.51, sGPA 3.28, 500. So basically, I am deciding whether I want to do a formal post bacc program, like Penn's, or maybe even PCOM's or Tulane's MS programs, or should I not risk the possibility of doing poorly (also money...

So I applied this past cycle and have only received one interview (TouroNY) and was waitlisted for an interview (Touro-Nev). I have not heard back concerning the interview, and this late, I do not expect good news. My stats were cGPA 3.51, sGPA 3.28 (upward trend), 500, and OOS. I have 100+ hrs...

Hello! So I’m planning on pursuing a BA/BS in Music and Biology. However, I was contemplating on whether or not a gap year between undergrad and medical school is a good idea, per say. I either want to take one year to become a flight attendant or become a musician in the marines.Would any of...

Thanks for the help everyone!

So I am a senior right now with hopes of applying to med school at some point. I know I will have to take a couple of gap years to add volunteer experience and shadowing. But I still havent taken my MCAT. My college is about 30 minuets away from my home so I have been living with parents. I had...

I am currently a junior in undergrad and am coming up on decisions this summer. My current cGPA is a 3.23 and sGPA is 2.85 (semester is going great, almost to finals and expecting a sGPA of 3.08 and cGPA of 3.32 after this semester). Chemistry is the weak spot, C in gen chem 1, B in gen chem 2...

So I recently started a new job at a small biotech before I got my dental acceptances. I locked in my acceptance at BU, but now I'm contemplating applying for a deferral. I guess the reason would be because of my commitment to the job I started (it's project based and I guess they originally...

For anyone who has worked as an IONMT, what would you say are the best and worst parts of the job? I am considering it for my gap year.

I don't know if I fall into "nontraditional" yet, but I think this forum might be best suited to my question. Ive been accepted this cycle, finally, but I'm my late 20's and haven't had a class in 6 years. I applied to medical school 2 years out of undergrad and it took me 4 tries to gain entry...

Hey so some of you knew I am currently an RDA and I work at a Comfort Dental in Dallas. Its a sort of private practice/corporate hybrid type of practice so it has qualities of both. One unfortunate corporate quality is a high turn over rate. Through that I have been able to spend countless...

I graduated in Jan 2016 (difficulty with 1 class and Step 1 put me off schedule to graduate on time) and I matched into FM this time around. I have been doing research, but pharmaceutical research in rare diseases and mostly cancers as well. I need to refresh myself in these three months...