Any advice please

[desdes]

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I will not be applying yet and due to my location and not exactly knowing my next location I will have to eventually estimate schools to apply. I am taking the MCAT this year and was wondering if it is best to do a masters program or extra classes or just spend time volunteering and shadowing

 

[Catalystik]

What you should do would depend on the weaknesses in your application and what needs to improve to make you more competitive.

 

[desdes]

Thank you I am just worried that taking a year off will hurt my chances

 

[searun]

I will not be applying yet and due to my location and not exactly knowing my next location I will have to eventually estimate schools to apply. I am taking the MCAT this year and was wondering if it is best to do a masters program or extra classes or just spend time volunteering and shadowing

Usually a Masters program is pretty useless. Do you need to boost your undergraduate gpa - if so, concentrate on that.

 

[desdes]

I have a good gpa so far I just was wondering what else I should do in the year I will have to wait thank you for the advice I also was not sure if taking extra classes may hurt me

 

[Catalystik]

Taking extra classes won't hurt you (if you get great grades), but if you need more research or clinical experience or nonmedical community service to beef up an application, a glide year is an opportunity to pick a job and/or volunteer position that would make for pertinent information for update letters while applying and/or generally make one's application better.

 

[desdes]

Thank you I volunteer at a hospital on post and trying to also volunteer at the local hospital and try to find more shadowing opportunities it has been hard to find a dr to shadow here