Anyone else like me?

[lightblueelephant]

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I'm 23 doing post bacc coursework. Started college as premed then switched to business and realized last year medicine is where my passion is.

I'm worried that because although I have thousands of volunteer hours dating back to 2007 I've only had a paying job for months and had to quit due to my class schedule. Is this a red flag as someone who would start med school at 26?

 

[LuluLovesMe]

Not sure but that elephant is cute.

 

[Quik]

It isn't a red flag whatsoever, it just pools you with many traditional applicants (in said category) with an equivalent lack of work experience.

 

[bbbaaa]

I don't know what would be perceived as a red flag. That you didn't stay longer in a field you knew wasn't right for you? Your switch back to medicine is bolstered by all that volunteering experience. I worked two years in business then quit and did post-bacc, and rather than a red flag I think the nontraditional-ness was a plus. And I didn't have a bunch of volunteering or anything, just a hunch. But I spent the whole time I was doing post bacc also collecting extracurriculars and further confirming the appropriateness of my switch to medicine.

 

[Goro]

It's not a red flag by any means.

I'm 23 doing post bacc coursework. Started college as premed then switched to business and realized last year medicine is where my passion is.

I'm worried that because although I have thousands of volunteer hours dating back to 2007 I've only had a paying job for months and had to quit due to my class schedule. Is this a red flag as someone who would start med school at 26?

 

[Mrazlover]

It's not a red flag. I know of many people who are applying/are in medical school that are in the mid to late 20's

 

[PlasticBag]

I've been actually wondering, in the last few weeks, if the lack of work experience is what holds me back (no ii's so far...).

I did my undergrad, then master's, then post-bacc back to back. No employment history but I do have an unpaid leadership position in a research lab (three years now). I felt like a loser not being able to put one thing down in the "work experience" section of AACOMAS...