Can I just take a year off before matriculating?

[NP545]

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I wanted to know once you're accepted, if you can take a year off just to chill and not really do much before starting med school?

 

[hoihaie]

if you get accepted in october, you get almosta year off to do nothing ify ou want

 

[Afford]

You can defer matriculation for a year, but only some medical schools allow you to do so.

 

[Doudline]

AFAIK, deferrals are only granted in exceptional circumstances. e.g major scholarship (Rhodes, Marshall, ...), finishing the last year of a degree program/work/military contract, etc.

Wanting to "chill" is not good enough of a reason, I'm afraid.

 

[Afford]

AFAIK, deferrals are only granted in exceptional circumstances. e.g major scholarship (Rhodes, Marshall, ...), finishing the last year of a degree program/work/military contract, etc.

Wanting to "chill" is not good enough of a reason, I'm afraid.

I think it depends on the school. I had a friend defer for a year, so he could volunteer.

 

[Heplayer92]

Some schools if they overaccept students will actually pay you to defer =O