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Hello, fellow non-trads! I'm applying this cycle and I'm feeling increasingly anxious about submitting my secondaries. I could use some advice and/or reassurance. Here's the situation: I was in a full time post bacc program last year so I wasn't working. Now that I've finished I'm applying for jobs again, ideally looking for something in research or else otherwise healthcare related. But the job search is tough and it's taking a long time; I had an interview I thought went pretty well last week but I haven't heard anything from them since, and besides that nothing on the horizon.
My problem is that almost all of my secondaries have some variation on the question "If you won't be in school full time this year, what will you be doing?" Right now I don't really have anything to say. I've kept one of my volunteer gigs but it's only 2-4 hours a week. I'm also doing some freelance work for my old job, but again it's very minimal and not at all related to medicine. Trying to pursue a more committed volunteer position instead of a job is not an option -- I need the money. I was hoping to have a job lined up before I sent these secondaries back so I'd have something to talk about, but now I'm not sure what's worse -- keep sitting on them, or send them back with an unimpressive answer to the "what are you doing with yourself?" question. Besides this hurdle I think my application is pretty strong and I'm excited to move forward, so this is very frustrating. Thoughts?
My problem is that almost all of my secondaries have some variation on the question "If you won't be in school full time this year, what will you be doing?" Right now I don't really have anything to say. I've kept one of my volunteer gigs but it's only 2-4 hours a week. I'm also doing some freelance work for my old job, but again it's very minimal and not at all related to medicine. Trying to pursue a more committed volunteer position instead of a job is not an option -- I need the money. I was hoping to have a job lined up before I sent these secondaries back so I'd have something to talk about, but now I'm not sure what's worse -- keep sitting on them, or send them back with an unimpressive answer to the "what are you doing with yourself?" question. Besides this hurdle I think my application is pretty strong and I'm excited to move forward, so this is very frustrating. Thoughts?