asking for an extension after accpetance

[crunchiee]

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hey everyone. I tried looking for a thread on this subject but i kept getting threads about harvard extension. 😳 meh~

anyway i was just wondering what would happen if you were to apply and finally get accepted to med school yet you found that you needed to more time.
Is it possible to ask for an extension? and ask them to hold your seat for a year? I know some PA schools do that but I wasn't sure about the policy with medical schools.

I'm taking my mcats soon this year but then taking a year - 1.5yr to work and gain more experience, then apply. However depending on how a certain situation in 2-3 years works out, I may have to take time off. but at the same time I don't want my mcat scores to expire.

DO schools are my first choice so I was wondering about their stance on asking for extensions.

Thank You!!!

 

[Everglide]

Most schools will do 1-5 year extensions, no questions asked.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

hey everyone. I tried looking for a thread on this subject but i kept getting threads about harvard extension. 😳 meh~

anyway i was just wondering what would happen if you were to apply and finally get accepted to med school yet you found that you needed to more time.
Is it possible to ask for an extension? and ask them to hold your seat for a year? I know some PA schools do that but I wasn't sure about the policy with medical schools.

I'm taking my mcats soon this year but then taking a year - 1.5yr to work and gain more experience, then apply. However depending on how a certain situation in 2-3 years works out, I may have to take time off. but at the same time I don't want my mcat scores to expire.

DO schools are my first choice so I was wondering about their stance on asking for extensions.

Thank You!!!

Some might, some might not. It's school dependent. Also, if you take your mcat this year, in two to three years your score will expire at most schools.

 

[PJ meowerton]

hey everyone. I tried looking for a thread on this subject but i kept getting threads about harvard extension. 😳 meh~

anyway i was just wondering what would happen if you were to apply and finally get accepted to med school yet you found that you needed to more time.
Is it possible to ask for an extension? and ask them to hold your seat for a year? I know some PA schools do that but I wasn't sure about the policy with medical schools.

I'm taking my mcats soon this year but then taking a year - 1.5yr to work and gain more experience, then apply. However depending on how a certain situation in 2-3 years works out, I may have to take time off. but at the same time I don't want my mcat scores to expire.

DO schools are my first choice so I was wondering about their stance on asking for extensions.

Thank You!!!

Are you talking about asking to defer for a year? (defer = wait a year to start after being accepted) if so you usually need a good reason, like if you are pregnant, some sort of illness, etc.

If this is what you mean, try searching with the term "defer" instead of extension and you should get some results

 

[astr1x]

I kind of have the same question, when is usually the deadline to accept an offer (after it's made)? since we'd want to hear from other schools as well right?

 

[DrWily]

I kind of have the same question, when is usually the deadline to accept an offer (after it's made)? since we'd want to hear from other schools as well right?

Varies by school but I think they only give you a month.

 

[HH Holmes]

Are you talking about asking to defer for a year? (defer = wait a year to start after being accepted) if so you usually need a good reason, like if you are pregnant, some sort of illness, etc.

This is not true at all. Many students choose the deferral route to do things that they are interested in before they start medical school such as continue research, musical endeavors, Peace Corps etc. As much as I hate anecdotal evidence, someone in the lab I used to work at deferred a year at Perelman to record an album with his jazz band (if I remember correctly).

 

[PJ meowerton]

This is not true at all. Many students choose the deferral route to do things that they are interested in before they start medical school such as continue research, musical endeavors, Peace Corps etc. As much as I hate anecdotal evidence, someone in the lab I used to work at deferred a year at Perelman to record an album with his jazz band (if I remember correctly).

I wouldn't say "Thats not true at all", in most cases you have to provide a good reason and it needs to be approved.


http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=204458&highlight=defer

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=675199&highlight=defer

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=792900&highlight=defer

 

[HH Holmes]

I wouldn't say "Thats not true at all", in most cases you have to provide a good reason and it needs to be approved.


http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=204458&highlight=defer

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=675199&highlight=defer

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=792900&highlight=defer

Right, in which I stated in the next sentence three examples of 'good reasons'. The OP seemed to offer reasoning that seemed valid in that 'he needed more time' for 'more experience', whether such pertained to medicine or not... You don't need some sort of medical condition or complication to defer, which was the point I was trying to make (and the threads you linked also proved such point).

 

[premedmind]

This is not true at all. Many students choose the deferral route to do things that they are interested in before they start medical school such as continue research, musical endeavors, Peace Corps etc. As much as I hate anecdotal evidence, someone in the lab I used to work at deferred a year at Perelman to record an album with his jazz band (if I remember correctly).

Yes it is true. There are schools, DO schools in particular, where you need a very good reason for deferring - physical injury, illness, etc. fall under categories that would grant you a deferment. I am not refuting what you provided there, just stating that some deferments are only given for special circumstances.

I'm not going to say this applies to all DO schools since I don't know their policies.