Does Masters Degree Help? Thinking of quitting midway

[medasez]

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So I am contemplating whether I should be doing another gap year or doing a 2 years masters (free with stipend). My application I guess doesn't need any improvements that I am currently not doing now, I just happened to apply a bit later relative to international student standards (I'm Canadian). It's not that I wouldn't mind doing masters, but I would rather do a masters and get a degree rather than do a gap year that won't build my CV for the long run. Thus will masters significantly help being more competitive for residencies?



I was also thinking of applying for med, via EDP for a specific school, and doing my first year masters. If I get into medical school, I will drop my masters and continue from there. Does that sound feasible to consider?

 

[Dral]

If you get in you can probably defer and finish the mph degree.

 

[medasez]

If you get in you can probably defer and finish the mph degree.

Can I? That would actually be awesome if I can! Btw its not an MPH degree, its a clinical research based masters, but really similar.

 

[medasez]

Can I? That would actually be awesome if I can! Btw its not an MPH degree, its a clinical research based masters, but really similar. If this was acceptance was via EDP, does it work the same as well?

 

[rdyotz]

Some schools put a condition on any acceptance saying you must finish any currently enrolled graduate program.

 

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So I am contemplating whether I should be doing another gap year or doing a 2 years masters (free with stipend). My application I guess doesn't need any improvements that I am currently not doing now, I just happened to apply a bit later relative to international student standards (I'm Canadian). It's not that I wouldn't mind doing masters, but I would rather do a masters and get a degree rather than do a gap year that won't build my CV for the long run. Thus will masters significantly help being more competitive for residencies?



I was also thinking of applying for med, via EDP for a specific school, and doing my first year masters. If I get into medical school, I will drop my masters and continue from there. Does that sound feasible to consider?

If you want to go to medical school, why are you doing a research masters? Being that your Canadian, I'm assuming you have a good GPA and MCAT score - you should be asking yourself why you got 0 interviews this cycle. Call the schools you applied to and ask if they have any feedback. In my opinion, a masters that is not a SMP geared towards mimicking the first year of medical school is a waste if you are dead set on becoming a physician. I know plenty of friends that did a research masters with a 4.0 - it didn't help them while applying.

I mean what was your Bachelor's in?

Chemistry - useless without a PhD (stuck being a lab tech) <-- my degree was in chemistry so I know
Biology - same thing
Biochemistry - more job opportunities as a lab tech, but still you are a tech and need to climb up the ranks if you get a job at a pharmaceutical company. Still need higher degree to be research/group leader/coordinator
Engineering - Master's will get you a good paying job.

 

[medasez]

My bachelor's is in Molecular Biology. I am currently working as a clinical research assistant, and I probably won't be able to continue this next year if I don't do a masters, as my supervisor really wants a masters student in his team, which is contingent for me to stay after Sept 2020.