I was recently admitted to a DO program, and I now have an interview for an MD program scheduled for January. I also am waiting to hear back from a fair amount other schools. Now that I have been admitted to a program and know that I will be going to medical school, I have been considering leaving my job as a medical scribe which I have worked at for over a year and possibly returning to my old position as a lab tech at a medicinal chemistry research laboratory. My thinking is now that my freedom is about to be pretty much gone once I begin medical school, I would like to spend my remaining months working at a job where I do not have to work evenings and weekends. I also kinda miss the thinking that goes along with doing bench research. My concern is how would be perceived by by the other schools I applied to if I left my job in a clinical setting mid-cycle to go back to research? On my AMCAS, I said that planned to continuing to scribe up to matriculation, would it be a ding to my application if I left. Thank you in advance for your help!
