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Hey guys/gals, So I've been lucky enough to have been accepted at my top choice for an allopathic medical school, and am now trying to figure out what to do between now and August. I'd like to do something that would contribute to getting a good residency after medical school, but I'm not exactly the gunner that's going to start studying just yet. Definitely going to use this year to relax a little before the insanity of medical school, but at the same time I'd like to do something productive. I'm currently not in school, and have just finished up a 1 year post-bac fellowship at the NIH (... euphemism for unemployed). Not really looking for any more basic science research opportunities. Any suggestions on jobs or any other activities that would give me a leg up on residencies?
 
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Really the only thing that would help you for residency would be research in a medical field, preferably the one you're going to specialize in. Since those opportunities are few and far between for students who aren't actually in med school, you might be out of luck. It's worth a shot, I guess, but I think you'd be better off just screwing around for awhile. You'll be glad you had a break when you get bombarded by class next fall.
 
Do something productive? Why? Unless you actually need money to live on, I wouldn't even bother with working a job...

Time to kick back and relax - go on a trip - go on several trips...read books, watch movies...whatever it is that you will sorely miss come next Fall...
 
so, you are not a gunner but you want to do something to put yourself in position to land a good residency before you even start medical school? hmm, irony much? just admit to yourself that you are a gunner, which is fine if that's who you are.

try finding research if you can. if not, just work to make money. if not, eat and sleep daily. just relax.
 
I just relaxed... I promise when you get to medical school there will be plenty of things for you to do to improve residency chances. If you have time to research go for it but don't burn yourself out. I am so glad I travelled, hung with friends, and slacked off cuz now I don't have a lot of time for most of that stuff!
 
I worked as a lifeguard but only to fund my debauchery.
 
I used my gap time to go to South America and get fluent in Spanish. If you've got the money I'd highly recommend it. A huge plus for some residencies and doesn't hurt for a residency anywhere. 6 months is just about enough time to go from zero to fluent.

www.ecela.com if you're interested.

Also if you have any interest in pursuing a dual degree like an MPH I'd recommend starting now. I'm not saying that it's a good idea to do a dual degree (in fact I think it's not) but if that's what you want to do knocking out classes now rather than trying to take them simulatneously with medical school is a really good idea. Your school would probably be cooperative with this.

Working for money and relaxing are also good. It's alright not to use this time.
 
Hey guys/gals, So I've been lucky enough to have been accepted at my top choice for an allopathic medical school, and am now trying to figure out what to do between now and August. I'd like to do something that would contribute to getting a good residency after medical school, but I'm not exactly the gunner that's going to start studying just yet. Definitely going to use this year to relax a little before the insanity of medical school, but at the same time I'd like to do something productive. I'm currently not in school, and have just finished up a 1 year post-bac fellowship at the NIH (... euphemism for unemployed). Not really looking for any more basic science research opportunities. Any suggestions on jobs or any other activities that would give me a leg up on residencies?

The first thing you should do is ask yourself why you're still sober enough to type coherently and the second thing is to get a handle of Jack.
 
I used my gap time to go to South America and get fluent in Spanish. If you've got the money I'd highly recommend it. A huge plus for some residencies and doesn't hurt for a residency anywhere. 6 months is just about enough time to go from zero to fluent.

www.ecela.com if you're interested.

Also if you have any interest in pursuing a dual degree like an MPH I'd recommend starting now. I'm not saying that it's a good idea to do a dual degree (in fact I think it's not) but if that's what you want to do knocking out classes now rather than trying to take them simulatneously with medical school is a really good idea. Your school would probably be cooperative with this.

Working for money and relaxing are also good. It's alright not to use this time.


I was actually thinking about backpacking around South America for a few months to learn Spanish. The Ecela program seems pretty amazing. Maybe a combination of backpacking and classes. Thanks!
 
As an MS1, what I did do during that year:

1) earn money. stock up on stuff, fully replenish wardrobe. prepare to be broke for years.

2) reread my cell bio book, because I like the material & felt too rushed to fully understand lots of it during the class.

What I would have done in retrospect?

earn money, and prepare a lot more, or take classes. My peers majored in biochem, I heard stuff day 1 that I only understood because I'd taken a&p and other "optional" classes. One guy had taken many of the first year med classes already, another had completed a human anatomy class earlier. I've heard everyone gets up to speed eventually, but that's what I've seen so far in my few months of med school.

re: getting a good residency, I've seen presentations from my med school on what program directors want based on a large survey; many are looking for different things; top 3 things are: 1) grades in clinical years (ms3 & ms4) 2) USMLE scores and 3) first two years' grades.
 
Look, I know you're excited to start medical school. You're so excited you can't wait for August to start working towards your future career as a physician. I get it. We were all there to some degree. I started my blog the summer before I started medical school, and will readily admit that pretty much everything I wrote during that time makes me cringe when I read it today. If you spend this summer slaving away as a basic science research lab monkey, or reading a textbook, or whatever the hell you would do at this point to "get into the best residency ever"... a couple years down the road you're going to look back at that time and shake your head and realize what a f*ing idiot you were. Enjoy your warm fuzzy medical naitivity and idealism. Nuture it, but for the love of god apply that energy and excitement towards making yourself a little more well-rounded coming into medical school. We have enough burnt out, singular focus, bitter medical students/residents/attendings running around. Don't commit yourself to the path of becoming one. Travel. Expand a hobby or take up a new one. Start running/biking/hiking/camping/whatever. Read cultured stuff. Build up relationships with friends and family, as the next decade of your life will be committed to tearing them down. Join a book club. Go wine tasting. Go beer tasting. Go steak tasting.

But please, please, please do not do anything related to medical school. It will consume your life faster than you realize, except by that point, it won't be a choice. You're going to have plenty, I repeat... PLENTY of time to research, pad your CV, study, whatever once orientation begins.
 
Look, I know you're excited to start medical school. You're so excited you can't wait for August to start working towards your future career as a physician. I get it. We were all there to some degree. I started my blog the summer before I started medical school, and will readily admit that pretty much everything I wrote during that time makes me cringe when I read it today. If you spend this summer slaving away as a basic science research lab monkey, or reading a textbook, or whatever the hell you would do at this point to "get into the best residency ever"... a couple years down the road you're going to look back at that time and shake your head and realize what a f*ing idiot you were. Enjoy your warm fuzzy medical naitivity and idealism. Nuture it, but for the love of god apply that energy and excitement towards making yourself a little more well-rounded coming into medical school. We have enough burnt out, singular focus, bitter medical students/residents/attendings running around. Don't commit yourself to the path of becoming one. Travel. Expand a hobby or take up a new one. Start running/biking/hiking/camping/whatever. Read cultured stuff. Build up relationships with friends and family, as the next decade of your life will be committed to tearing them down. Join a book club. Go wine tasting. Go beer tasting. Go steak tasting.

But please, please, please do not do anything related to medical school. It will consume your life faster than you realize, except by that point, it won't be a choice. You're going to have plenty, I repeat... PLENTY of time to research, pad your CV, study, whatever once orientation begins.

Words of Wisdom!!!
 
What I would have done in retrospect?

earn money, and prepare a lot more, or take classes. My peers majored in biochem, I heard stuff day 1 that I only understood because I'd taken a&p and other "optional" classes. One guy had taken many of the first year med classes already, another had completed a human anatomy class earlier. I've heard everyone gets up to speed eventually, but that's what I've seen so far in my few months of med school.

In retrospect, you seriously would have taken medical school related classes with this time? You are the first person I have ever heard of who looked back on their time before medical school and wished you had studied more.
 
Starting to hate these threads because I always feel like people can't help but not take the advice given time and time again, but OP, I'm going to echo the common sentiment here on SDN -- enjoy yourself. Medical school is a unique animal, and next to nothing you do now is really going to be all that useful when you enter as an M1. And besides, think about it: being in that twilight between "premedical" and "medical student" (read: acceptance letter in hand, months to wait) is a unique position. Don't squander it away by trying to get an early start on what will come soon enough anyway.

I say that as a mere M1 myself, but I've seen enough to think that if I had been given an acceptance as early as yours has come, the next eight or nine months would be one hell of a vacation.

Congratulations, and enjoy. 👍
 
Now what do you do????? Party like you have never partied before! I'm serious... do it, or you will regret it! 👍

And do not take classes or pre-study, that is such a waste of the last remaining bits of free time you will have in your life.
 
Look, I know you're excited to start medical school. You're so excited you can't wait for August to start working towards your future career as a physician. I get it. We were all there to some degree. I started my blog the summer before I started medical school, and will readily admit that pretty much everything I wrote during that time makes me cringe when I read it today. If you spend this summer slaving away as a basic science research lab monkey, or reading a textbook, or whatever the hell you would do at this point to "get into the best residency ever"... a couple years down the road you're going to look back at that time and shake your head and realize what a f*ing idiot you were. Enjoy your warm fuzzy medical naitivity and idealism. Nuture it, but for the love of god apply that energy and excitement towards making yourself a little more well-rounded coming into medical school. We have enough burnt out, singular focus, bitter medical students/residents/attendings running around. Don't commit yourself to the path of becoming one. Travel. Expand a hobby or take up a new one. Start running/biking/hiking/camping/whatever. Read cultured stuff. Build up relationships with friends and family, as the next decade of your life will be committed to tearing them down. Join a book club. Go wine tasting. Go beer tasting. Go steak tasting.

But please, please, please do not do anything related to medical school. It will consume your life faster than you realize, except by that point, it won't be a choice. You're going to have plenty, I repeat... PLENTY of time to research, pad your CV, study, whatever once orientation begins.

Best post.
 
Look, I know you're excited to start medical school. You're so excited you can't wait for August to start working towards your future career as a physician. I get it. We were all there to some degree. I started my blog the summer before I started medical school, and will readily admit that pretty much everything I wrote during that time makes me cringe when I read it today. If you spend this summer slaving away as a basic science research lab monkey, or reading a textbook, or whatever the hell you would do at this point to "get into the best residency ever"... a couple years down the road you're going to look back at that time and shake your head and realize what a f*ing idiot you were. Enjoy your warm fuzzy medical naitivity and idealism. Nuture it, but for the love of god apply that energy and excitement towards making yourself a little more well-rounded coming into medical school. We have enough burnt out, singular focus, bitter medical students/residents/attendings running around. Don't commit yourself to the path of becoming one. Travel. Expand a hobby or take up a new one. Start running/biking/hiking/camping/whatever. Read cultured stuff. Build up relationships with friends and family, as the next decade of your life will be committed to tearing them down. Join a book club. Go wine tasting. Go beer tasting. Go steak tasting.

But please, please, please do not do anything related to medical school. It will consume your life faster than you realize, except by that point, it won't be a choice. You're going to have plenty, I repeat... PLENTY of time to research, pad your CV, study, whatever once orientation begins.

+1.

And LOL at steak tasting.
 
I would enjoy your time doing ****, but also, I would read at least the first couple chapters in each text book and just know them inside and out. That little boost in the beginning, when everything is crazy and you're trying to get into the swing of things really helps...
 
I would enjoy your time doing ****, but also, I would read at least the first couple chapters in each text book and just know them inside and out. That little boost in the beginning, when everything is crazy and you're trying to get into the swing of things really helps...

There are books!! 😱

I thought we just learned off of powerpoints!! :laugh:
 
get off this website, travel the world and do something interesting
 
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The best thing you can do between now and then is relax and enjoy yourself. Really... x 10^100
 
I would enjoy your time doing ****, but also, I would read at least the first couple chapters in each text book and just know them inside and out. That little boost in the beginning, when everything is crazy and you're trying to get into the swing of things really helps...

All premeds, please don't do this. It's just a bad idea and for the most part its a waste of time. You'll likely spend about 5 times longer on it than you will if you just waited until school started. Just let yourself get hit in the face with the workload when it comes time. You'll need to figure out your studying pace right from the beginning anyway.

OP, feel fortunate to have 9 months of freedom! You should do exactly what you want to do with this time. Please do not feel as though you should do ANYTHING related to your career before school starts.. Maybe read a few medically related books (I don't mean textbooks) to get hyped up for it, but otherwise just appreciate this precious time you've been given.
 
There are books!! 😱

I thought we just learned off of powerpoints!! :laugh:

Amen, brother.

All premeds, please don't do this. It's just a bad idea and for the most part its a waste of time. You'll likely spend about 5 times longer on it than you will if you just waited until school started. Just let yourself get hit in the face with the workload when it comes time. You'll need to figure out your studying pace right from the beginning anyway.

OP, feel fortunate to have 9 months of freedom! You should do exactly what you want to do with this time. Please do not feel as though you should do ANYTHING related to your career before school starts.. Maybe read a few medically related books (I don't mean textbooks) to get hyped up for it, but otherwise just appreciate this precious time you've been given.

This comment, and a couple of the ones which preceded it, need to be compiled into one post and made a sticky in this forum. I was a waiting-to-matriculate guy not too long ago myself, but still, just relax and enjoy the present while it's here. Do whatever it is that you do, but don't worry about this sort of thing. Chances are good that you'll regret any time spent being a quasi-medical student when you find yourself being a real medical student.
 
All premeds, please don't do this. It's just a bad idea and for the most part its a waste of time. You'll likely spend about 5 times longer on it than you will if you just waited until school started. Just let yourself get hit in the face with the workload when it comes time. You'll need to figure out your studying pace right from the beginning anyway.

OP, feel fortunate to have 9 months of freedom! You should do exactly what you want to do with this time. Please do not feel as though you should do ANYTHING related to your career before school starts.. Maybe read a few medically related books (I don't mean textbooks) to get hyped up for it, but otherwise just appreciate this precious time you've been given.

I would like to know how obtaining knowledge is a bad idea, outside of the fact that you're against it. 9 months is a long time and just a few days of studying each of the initial subjects would be a great boost.

As far as the powerpoints go, yeah, we use them as well, but are still required to read and read heavily. I'd say it's 90% required to read the powerpoints and 100% required to read the texts and review guides.
 
I would like to know how obtaining knowledge is a bad idea, outside of the fact that you're against it. 9 months is a long time and just a few days of studying each of the initial subjects would be a great boost.

As far as the powerpoints go, yeah, we use them as well, but are still required to read and read heavily. I'd say it's 90% required to read the powerpoints and 100% required to read the texts and review guides.

The problem is that this is medical school not a PhD in physiology, or biochemistry, etc. That means that the medical professors go in and give very specific reading pages from the text books. If you just read one of the text books you are going to learn WAY too much.

Now is this a bad thing? Like you said, learning is never bad. BUT, it is extremely inefficient. There is plenty of time to learn everything you need to know while in medical school. If you want to learn something now, learn something that you won't have the chance to once medical school starts. I really wish I had taken the time to learn spanish. Learn spanish, lose that 10 pounts you've been meaning to, etc. These are good uses of that time.

I promise you, that you will have more than enough time to conquer medical school once it starts.

PS.
If you INSIST on reading, try and talk to a freshmen at the school and get a copy of their syllabus, that way you at least are reading what the teachers will likely assign, rather than all the superfluous stuff found in the 1500 page long text books.
 
don't try to prepare for classes
as best described above, it's inefficient.
your tests will be based on powerpoints in class. without those, you don't have a direction to study for.

just kick it.
 
I had the same impulse with an early acceptance and boredom with my waitress job at the time. Thank god I listened to everyone here and didn't try to pick up a medschool textbook (it would have been a ridiculous waste of time), but I did read a few books about learning styles/methods which was handy. I learned about mind maps which ended up being a super useful tool in medschool. Its something you won't have time to do once you get to medschool and is definitely useful if you haven't solidified a study style that can handle the volume of medschool in undergrad (which most haven't). And it isn't super time intense so it doesn't ruin your "just have fun" advice from everyone which is definitely more important than any prep you can do for the next few years. Remember that your mental state is a huge contributor to your ability to run the marathon that is a medschool semester. It might be a better use of your time to get into the habit of working out regularly, learn how to cook some fast healthy meals etc rather than book learning in preparation for being a medstudent.
 
Thank god I listened to everyone here and didn't try to pick up a medschool textbook (it would have been a ridiculous waste of time), but I did read a few books about learning styles/methods which was handy. I learned about mind maps which ended up being a super useful tool in medschool.
👍 good advice. "How" you study is gonna be very important for most people.

Oh, and one last piece of advice: keep up on your work from day 1, and your life will be much easier.
 
I don't know, I mean I was in the same position most of us were (accepted in the winter), so if you have nothing to do next semester (easy classes), and nothing really planned for the summer beyond being lazy and drinking, I'd suggest you start looking at "med school book lists" on Amazon, start reading reviews etc. If you have a job, start saving, and go traveling this summer, even if it's just a road trip with a buddy or alone here in the States.

Also, if you know what school you're going to go to already, it won't hurt asking for book list advice from current students. You could email the staff at that school, get a list of students who are willing to offer advice, and find out which books are worth buying, which aren't. It won't hurt getting a jump start on the purchasing-- getting to the old/used/cheaper books on Amazon before they're all taken. If you want an up to date edition, I'd wait to buy it, since you might by the most recent now that wont be the most recent when you start the class.

Some people say to get First Aid early, I don't know, I did, and it didn't really help. I got it, opened it, thought to myself "wow that's a lot of ****, the boards are gonna be ****ing terrible", and closed it. It remains in a corner of my room to this day (current MS1).

If you are REALLY bored, I don't think it would hurt to start looking over some subjects in basic sciences that you had trouble with in undergrad. All those nasty things that you glanced over (how many NADPH per cycle of glycolysis again?) and crammed for in undergrad are going to come back, so you'll inevitably have to cram again-- (v snares t snares jak stat smads etc). And really, if you want to get an idea of the pace you'll be at in med school, ask to look at your first block schedule, and get a feel for it that way. How many chapters of recommended reading per night, etc. If you want to do research too, you might want to look at faculty profiles of your school, find out who you'd like to worth with, what sounds interesting.

Like most have said, you're gonna be in the weeds most of the time in med school, with MORE than enough material at hand (textbooks you won't have to read through, websites you won't have time to review), so there really isn't a point to get started. You won't remember anything new. But I'd say it wouldn't hurt just to review some of the areas you know you could use a little more review in the basic sciences that you've covered already. Would it hurt to crack open a comprehensive anatomy book like Gray's Anatomy for Students and read from there? No, but the gains will be minimal. You won't sit there and make flash cards or take notes and memorize and test yourself like you would when you're actually in the class. But it won't hurt, beyond just wasting your time. I'd say your time is better spent reviewing the things you've covered already, but just to make sure the material is more familiar, so when you do go over it again in med school (an entire semester of an undergrad course in a week or less), you'll be in better shape.

Speaking of getting in better shape, I'd start working out, since I pretty much stopped when things picked up, and have been slowly wasting away into the body of a skinny, but unathletic 14 year old kid. You also might want to figure out some basic recipes for cooking, start planning how you're gonna be living, furniture you need/don't need, (should I sell my ps3 which I won't have time for, for beer money, travel money, furniture money, will that be enough beer money?).

Enjoy this time. This is the last time you'll be able to sit on your ass and be happy with all the work that you've done to get to this point, and not really have anything else to do.
 
First, congrats. If you don't have anything else to do, enjoy your free time now... travel, drink, travel, drink, sleep... The next four years will be hell.
 
OP, good Lord man, congrats on getting accepted to med school. It is an accomplishment, it is not the Nobel Prize, but it is an accomplishment. Take a deep breath and do not worry about residency before you have spent one day in med school. Get through your first two years of med school, do well on Step 1, and then start thinking about residency as you begin your third year. You are way ahead of yourself.
 
agree w/ the above poster.

Look, this is a process that never ends

Undergrad --> mcat --> med. school apps --> med. school --> step 1 --> step 2 --> step 3 --> residency --> fellowship --> etc, etc, etc.

My point is...do something you enjoy. take a trip, volunteer, etc, etc...but, don't forget to get things in order for school: finding an apt, books (though some schools you don't need em...aka. ucla haha), loans, all that sort of stuff.
 
Hey guys/gals, So I've been lucky enough to have been accepted at my top choice for an allopathic medical school, and am now trying to figure out what to do between now and August. I'd like to do something that would contribute to getting a good residency after medical school, but I'm not exactly the gunner that's going to start studying just yet. Definitely going to use this year to relax a little before the insanity of medical school, but at the same time I'd like to do something productive. I'm currently not in school, and have just finished up a 1 year post-bac fellowship at the NIH (... euphemism for unemployed). Not really looking for any more basic science research opportunities. Any suggestions on jobs or any other activities that would give me a leg up on residencies?

Congrats on the good news. What do you love to do? (that is within budgets....etc) Do that. Don't worry about residency right now because you will have opportunities for that later. Just relax. If you are the kind of person that needs things structured then I recommend you find a job 8-5 but the only thing with this is you will not likely get the "break" before med school.

hope this helps.
 
Right now I am just kicking it, focusing on getting down to my ideal weight, but I do plan to read a medical terminology book, just because I really love the subject, (my favorite class in college).

I am also thinking about reading through my physiology text book, but nothing to intense. If I spend maybe 1 hour/day and read 10 pages/day I will finish around mid may.

Perhaps also review some basic anatomy and memorize some flash cards from House, all the diseases sine season 3 began.

Or maybe I'll just keep doing what I'm doing, training to get 300 on the Army Physical Training test and sleeping until noon!😀
 
Right now I am just kicking it, focusing on getting down to my ideal weight, but I do plan to read a medical terminology book, just because I really love the subject, (my favorite class in college).

I am also thinking about reading through my physiology text book, but nothing to intense. If I spend maybe 1 hour/day and read 10 pages/day I will finish around mid may.

Perhaps also review some basic anatomy and memorize some flash cards from House, all the diseases sine season 3 began.

Or maybe I'll just keep doing what I'm doing, training to get 300 on the Army Physical Training test and sleeping until noon!😀

May I suggest that one, and pretty much only that one? I think the rest may be less than optimal uses of your "vacation" time.
 
I'd recommend getting everything in order for the start of school. Get your living situation set up. You need to be able to only focus on school when you start. Get lots of sleep now....
 
You've gotten some excellent advice on this thread. Nearly everyone has suggested that trying to study in advance is a bad idea - as it's not a worthwhile way to spend your time. You'd be much better off doing something very memorable (as you won't get this kind of free time in the future), like traveling to a new place, doing international medical mission work, or learning a new relevant language (like Spanish). I went trekking to the Himalayas last year and it was one of the coolest things I ever did.

As one of the posters above me also mentioned, getting your life in order should be another priority before starting medical school. You don't want to be one of the people who starts school, ends up eating out every night and gaining 30 pounds, and falling into a severe depression. Learn some basic cooking skills so that you can throw together some quick healthy meals instead of going out all the time to eat. Get yourself into a basic exercise program so that you already have a routine going by the time school starts. If you tend to procrastinate or have time management issues, deal with it now so that you can self-manage effectively instead of getting behind once you start getting loaded with work. Also, if you struggle with depression/anxiety or other mental health issues, deal with it now by getting treatment or therapy so that you are in a happy place.

Rather than wasting time spending your summer with a textbook, the best things you can do for yourself are to come into school feeling refreshed, mentally balanced, healthy, organized, and having exciting experiences to share. There is a reason why nearly everyone here is telling you not to study before starting school... trust us on this. You will have to work harder than you ever have once school starts; you'll have plenty of time to be a workaholic later. Enjoy your life and use this time to develop yourself as a person now.
 
Also, if you struggle with depression/anxiety or other mental health issues, deal with it now by getting treatment or therapy so that you are in a happy place.

Rather than wasting time spending your summer with a textbook, the best things you can do for yourself are to come into school feeling refreshed, mentally balanced, healthy, organized, and having exciting experiences to share. There is a reason why nearly everyone here is telling you not to study before starting school... trust us on this. You will have to work harder than you ever have once school starts; you'll have plenty of time to be a workaholic later. Enjoy your life and use this time to develop yourself as a person now.

One thing about all this... if you have any relationships carrying over from pre-matriculation that aren't healthy -- friendships, significant others, whatever they are -- don't let them continue on into med school. At some point, if friends cease to be "friends" in a non-colloquial meaning of the word, or your boyfriend/girlfriend ends up showing true colors that aren't what you want, you probably want to consider relegating them to memories only.

I say this only because it's been part of the experience thus far for both myself to some extent, as well as for a few fellow med students. Things like that are completely needless and will only pile onto the stress.
 
Hey guys/gals, So I've been lucky enough to have been accepted at my top choice for an allopathic medical school, and am now trying to figure out what to do between now and August. I'd like to do something that would contribute to getting a good residency after medical school, but I'm not exactly the gunner that's going to start studying just yet. Definitely going to use this year to relax a little before the insanity of medical school, but at the same time I'd like to do something productive. I'm currently not in school, and have just finished up a 1 year post-bac fellowship at the NIH (... euphemism for unemployed). Not really looking for any more basic science research opportunities. Any suggestions on jobs or any other activities that would give me a leg up on residencies?


Why does that even matter? Anywho, congrats on your acceptance. Now, you have 9 months to sit around, playing video games, and dreaming of being a medical student. Once you start, you will soon be dreaming about not being a medical school student! Enjoy your time and DO NOT PREP for medical school. It won't make a bit of difference.
 
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