4th yr vacation time

[Doctor D]

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How much vacation time does your school give you for interviews, etc? I thought my school had it good at 8 weeks until I talked to another US med student who had 22 weeks. Just curious if this is the norm?

 

[FSU2013]

How much vacation time does your school give you for interviews, etc? I thought my school had it good at 8 weeks until I talked to another US med student who had 22 weeks. Just curious if this is the norm?

22 weeks is crazy. My school gives you 1 month for interviews and 1 month for USMLE step 2. You can use them however you like (e.g. 6 week interview, 2 USMLE). There are also a couple "distance learning courses" that you take online. It's not exactly "time off", but it does allow you a lot of flexibility to you can do your coursework from airports or hotels. I think they limit it to 1 of these type of courses per student.

 

[armybound]

2 months

 

[Mass Effect]

One month. You can use it for interviews or split it up with two weeks for one and two weeks for the other.

 

[Raryn]

2-3 months. (3 if you didn't take one during third year, 2 if you did)

 

[mvenus929]

My school requires that you do something like 46 weeks of clinical activities. We have more than a year in our 4th year (past years have started in April), so we end up with a couple months of vacation time to schedule when we see fit. Most people take a couple weeks for Step 2, a week or two for interviews, and then go on vacation after Match Day.

 

[dally1025]

4 months to use however we want vacation/step 2/interviews. We start 3rd year in April so we have lots more time 4th year.

 

[mmmcdowe]

2 months plus 4 months of scholarly project aka scholarly vacation.

 

[45408]

2-3 months. (3 if you didn't take one during third year, 2 if you did)

This, which I think is because we went to the same school 😉 Almost everyone saved it for M4, so they could use it as an elective month during M3.

I stacked all three months up in a row, so I could take Step 2, do all my interviews, and have a baby.