Hi everyone,
I graduated from college in 2011 and since then have worked in research, but I want to take a scribing job because I'm not learning anything or progressing in my research job anymore. I'm applying to med school either this year or next year, and I would love to get back into the clinic during that time.
I talked to my PI about this (he's on the adcom at a med school) and he said that I'd be shooting myself in the foot by becoming a scribe. Basically, he said that it wouldn't be challenging work and that adcoms would criticize me for giving up a research job to do something entry-level like scribing.
Will working as a scribe really ruin my chances of going to one of the top ten schools? I want to apply to the best schools as my "reach" schools and I want to know if scribing will rule those schools out. I'm not shooting for a top ten, but it would be depressing if doing what I want to do (scribing) gets in the way of a chance to go there.
I graduated from college in 2011 and since then have worked in research, but I want to take a scribing job because I'm not learning anything or progressing in my research job anymore. I'm applying to med school either this year or next year, and I would love to get back into the clinic during that time.
I talked to my PI about this (he's on the adcom at a med school) and he said that I'd be shooting myself in the foot by becoming a scribe. Basically, he said that it wouldn't be challenging work and that adcoms would criticize me for giving up a research job to do something entry-level like scribing.
Will working as a scribe really ruin my chances of going to one of the top ten schools? I want to apply to the best schools as my "reach" schools and I want to know if scribing will rule those schools out. I'm not shooting for a top ten, but it would be depressing if doing what I want to do (scribing) gets in the way of a chance to go there.