Hey all,
So I was accepted to medical school for this August so that leaves me ~3.5 months or so before I start medical school. I started working as a scribe in February, and to be honest the only reason why I did it was for medical school.
Now, I enjoy scribing and learning, but I already work part time in a doctors office (that pays significantly more), but the downsides for the scribe job are the low-pay ($9 hours an hour), the commute, and the hours (we need to be available weekends and overnights). I commute over an 45 mins - 1hour (with no traffic, with traffic probably 1.5 hours!) there and back. With rising gas prices and two gallons of gas needed everytime, the ~$60ish I get after taxes per 8 hour shift is getting very hard to justify. Plus, I honestly want my weekends and nights free, especially if I want to go home on a weekend and spend time with family etc. Working two part time jobs is honestly very tiring and I'm scared I'll burn out before I even start school. I never really did scribing for the money, but now it seems like I don't really need the experience nor the money. Considering both part time jobs are clinical experience, I kinda hoped to do something non medical related before I spend the rest of my life devoted to my medical career this august. But quitting my scribe job, and working just 3 days a week at my other part time job just seems so unproductive to me and I feel like I'm just wasting time sitting at home browsing reddit and watching TV shows.
I also regret quitting because I just started in February, and I told them I could commit at least a year with them, which was honestly what I felt that time, considering I hadn't received an II and I was planning on re-applying that summer. Granted, I wasn't accepted to medical school back in February (I got the job around the same time I got my first II) and I didn't see much hope but to my surprise, I was accepted at the end of February. I feel like a horrible person quitting now!
Right now I already have a part time job (3 days/week) at a doctors office I will probably keep that pays enough for me to pay for my rent, utilies, food, occasional going out with friends, etc. I don't really make enough from that job to save much money, and I figured keeping the scribe job part time will give me a LITTLE extra spending money/savings money maybe an extra 300-400 or so a month. Is it really worth it? I don't have much in my savings but I figured any little amount of money I save up from working as a scribe won't do much in terms of saving up a significant amount for school since I'm already going to take out like 50k in loans.... so I don't really see the point?
For those who were accepted and quit their jobs, do you regret it when you found yourself just doing nothing? Or those who did work, did you find that saving up money like an extra grand before medical school was needed when you were already going to take 50k in loans anyway? Did you find that you wish you took the summer before medical school off if you did work?
So I was accepted to medical school for this August so that leaves me ~3.5 months or so before I start medical school. I started working as a scribe in February, and to be honest the only reason why I did it was for medical school.
Now, I enjoy scribing and learning, but I already work part time in a doctors office (that pays significantly more), but the downsides for the scribe job are the low-pay ($9 hours an hour), the commute, and the hours (we need to be available weekends and overnights). I commute over an 45 mins - 1hour (with no traffic, with traffic probably 1.5 hours!) there and back. With rising gas prices and two gallons of gas needed everytime, the ~$60ish I get after taxes per 8 hour shift is getting very hard to justify. Plus, I honestly want my weekends and nights free, especially if I want to go home on a weekend and spend time with family etc. Working two part time jobs is honestly very tiring and I'm scared I'll burn out before I even start school. I never really did scribing for the money, but now it seems like I don't really need the experience nor the money. Considering both part time jobs are clinical experience, I kinda hoped to do something non medical related before I spend the rest of my life devoted to my medical career this august. But quitting my scribe job, and working just 3 days a week at my other part time job just seems so unproductive to me and I feel like I'm just wasting time sitting at home browsing reddit and watching TV shows.
I also regret quitting because I just started in February, and I told them I could commit at least a year with them, which was honestly what I felt that time, considering I hadn't received an II and I was planning on re-applying that summer. Granted, I wasn't accepted to medical school back in February (I got the job around the same time I got my first II) and I didn't see much hope but to my surprise, I was accepted at the end of February. I feel like a horrible person quitting now!
Right now I already have a part time job (3 days/week) at a doctors office I will probably keep that pays enough for me to pay for my rent, utilies, food, occasional going out with friends, etc. I don't really make enough from that job to save much money, and I figured keeping the scribe job part time will give me a LITTLE extra spending money/savings money maybe an extra 300-400 or so a month. Is it really worth it? I don't have much in my savings but I figured any little amount of money I save up from working as a scribe won't do much in terms of saving up a significant amount for school since I'm already going to take out like 50k in loans.... so I don't really see the point?
For those who were accepted and quit their jobs, do you regret it when you found yourself just doing nothing? Or those who did work, did you find that saving up money like an extra grand before medical school was needed when you were already going to take 50k in loans anyway? Did you find that you wish you took the summer before medical school off if you did work?