1.5 years out of school

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I am still without a full time job.
How bad would this look to apply to medical school?
I am devoting a lot of time to EC's+ recent part time work.

 

[TexasPhysician]

Med schools aren't worried about your finances. Just keep showing improvement with each application cycle.

 

[gettheleadout]

I am still without a full time job.
How bad would this look to apply to medical school?
I am devoting a lot of time to EC's+ recent part time work.

As you said, you've been devoting a lot of time to bettering your application, so beyond that it doesn't matter. It would only look bad if you were barely doing anything or just sitting around.

 

[Catalystik]

To bring up a side issue that may or may not impact you eventually: I've seen applicants without coursework in the last two years dissed by adcomms for not having kept their academic engagement more current.

 

[PMPMD]

I am still without a full time job.
How bad would this look to apply to medical school?
I am devoting a lot of time to EC's+ recent part time work.

Given the current economy and unemployment rate, I doubt you're alone.

 

[gettheleadout]

To bring up a side issue that may or may not impact you eventually: I've seen applicants without coursework in the last two years dissed by adcomms for not having kept their academic engagement more current.

This is interesting.

 

[FIREitUP]

I didn't have full time employment the last two years, but got in. it's tough out there for sure, just try to get the best you can out of the experience.

 

[carnage]

To bring up a side issue that may or may not impact you eventually: I've seen applicants without coursework in the last two years dissed by adcomms for not having kept their academic engagement more current.

If this is true, I find it to be a stupid choice of the adcomms that make decisions like this.

 

[MT2MD]

To bring up a side issue that may or may not impact you eventually: I've seen applicants without coursework in the last two years dissed by adcomms for not having kept their academic engagement more current.

I also want to know more this, I graduated in 2009 with a degree in biology and all my pre-req done. I have been working in a hospital for the past 2 years and planning to apply in 2012.

 

[IncantoCharms]

I didn't have full time employment the last two years, but got in. it's tough out there for sure, just try to get the best you can out of the experience.

+1. I graduated in 2009, and bounced from part-time job to part-time job while volunteering/leadership/gaining more clinical exp. Heck, I didn't even do any paid work for 6 months after graduating. Never came up in any of my interviews. If you are sitting around doing nothing the entire time then it'd be a problem.