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Being willing to put in the work is a critical element of your path to becoming a physician. I am not involved in medical school admissions but, based on what you've shared so far, I would be concerned that you would drop out from medical school when the going gets hard (or tech sector job prospects brighten). Getting longitudinal clinical experience and deeply personal, reflective writing about your reasons for seeking to become a physician will help to assuage this concern.Here's my issue: if I were to try to get back on the medical path (MD or DO, idc, I just want to be a doctor lol), how would I go about it?
My tentative plan is to take the MCAT in 2023 (around April), to start clinical volunteering again on the side, and to start finishing up my prereqs on the side, while continuing working. This might be very hard, but I'm willing to put in the work. Additionally I'd like to keep this job for the following year while I interview (hopefully) and wait for acceptances/rejections, so quitting and going back to school full-time isn't an option for me. Will this path be enough to offset the smudge on my record of dropping out of the postbacc, or is there anything that I'm forgetting here?
If you take the MCAT in April and bomb it, then you've really dug a hole for yourself. The MCAT is a career-defining exam, and the score will expire in a few years, so there is little reason to take it early in the process. The standard advice is to finish the prerequisite courses and take it after an organized period of study/review, and I think that applies here.Thank you all -- any advice here would be appreciated.