Does taking a gap year to work (not med related) hurt your chances when reapplying to an MD program?

[FractalLotus]

Title says it all.

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[Chemist1986]

I'm not the best example since I've only received two interview invites so far, but I took two gap years to work. I worked for a year as a chemist, then did a Masters for a year, then took this current gap year to apply to medical school while working as a chemist again.

I think it depends on what you work in, whether you did well enough as an undergraduate, and your MCAT score still just like a traditional applicant.

Long story short, I don't think it hurts your chances by much.


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[CyrilFiggis]

No. What matters more is that you improved on whatever deficiencies led to you not being accepted in the first place - grades, service hours, etc. If you're simply the same application but with a year's worth of job experience you're likely to encounter the same results.