Summer before med school... study, work, or travel?

Okay, med school starts in mid-august, and as of now I have a decent job. So I'm looking for a little input as to whether I should:

a) Work all summer long, study when I can, learn relatively little, and save a good amount of money

b) Quit my job in May, audit an anatomy course offered by my local university, learn a lot, and save a fair amount of money

c) Quit my job in June, backpack around Central America for 2 months, study when I can, learn more than option (a) but less than (b), and save a fair amount of money.

Hybrids of these options are probably not viable (e.g., I cannot quit my job in June and audit the anatomy course...), so please don't try to compromise. I'm fairly certain I've narrowed down all my possible choices.

Thanks for everyone's input. I'm know finances seem like a huge concern to me right now, but I also realize that anything I save or spend will be relatively dilute compared to the 150k I've planned for med school. Thanks again, and CHEERS

I didn't take anatomy as an undergrad, so I'm mainly stressed about that. And yeah, I know my profile says med-student, but I figured since my pre-med career is over, and I start in August...

DarknightX said:

What if some high school kid asked you if you thought it was a good idea to start studying for the MCAT the summer before his freshman year?

That should answer your question.

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I started studying for the MCAT my freshman year of high school, and I loved it.

No but seriously, good point, but this is probably more analgous to cracking a gen chem book before freshman year. I'm not studying for step I or anything.