Doing nothing over winter break?

[wondergirl3]

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It is the winter break of my sophomore year and I wanted to see if not doing anything productively towards my med school future is okay.
I came home during break and called nearby doctors to shadow, but they did not allow for it in my area. I volunteer during the semester, and there isn't really any place near home for me to volunteer.

Is it fine if I just relax and not really do anything during winter break? Or will this make me be viewed as lazy? (I'm probably crazy for thinking this)

Sincerely,
wondergirl3

 

[deleted407021]

It's totally fine to just chill out. It's not that much time. I'm doing the same thing because all my volunteering venues are closed until the beginning of January. 😛 Enjoy your time off and get back to work once the spring semester kicks in.

 

[cidem2065]

It's fine, just be prepared to explain why there is a two-week gap in your resumé during interviews...

 

[BamaNicole]

You need a break so definitely take some time for yourself. Its okay.

 

[Aubrey Graham]

Wow that is very lazy. Shame on you. No medical school for you.







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[cidem2065]

Um, I wasn't aware that your resume chronologically shows your weekly activities.

 

[YogaBe@r]

Um, I wasn't aware that your resume chronologically shows your weekly activities.

 

[EvenStevens]

Um, I wasn't aware that your resume chronologically shows your weekly activities.

woosh

 

[Mad Jack]

Dude, enjoy your vacation. No one cares. Cherish every damn moment you can get until medical school, and every free day you get once you're in.

 

[JPA178]

Chill out, wondergirl. Relax and spend some time with your family.

 

[Low Flow]

No one will ever scrutinize your application closely enough to notice a 3-week absence of medically-related endeavors.

 

[tima]

OP feels guilty about taking a break, so posts on SDN to get a confirmation that it's okay.

 

[ratman7]

calm down

 

[Dr Van Helsing]

It is the winter break of my sophomore year and I wanted to see if not doing anything productively towards my med school future is okay.
I came home during break and called nearby doctors to shadow, but they did not allow for it in my area. I volunteer during the semester, and there isn't really any place near home for me to volunteer.

Is it fine if I just relax and not really do anything during winter break? Or will this make me be viewed as lazy? (I'm probably crazy for thinking this)

Sincerely,
wondergirl3

Quit being lazy and go build a tree house for the under-served.

 

[WingedOx]

ADCOMs don't let people into med school who don't go sledding at least once over winter break.

 

[625233]

It's fine, just be prepared to explain why there is a two-week gap in your resumé during interviews...

Hahaha

 

[zero0]

Pre-meds <3

 

[Lucca]

Ive done so much nothing so far I've actually been on vacation longer than I was all of last summer lol

 

[Doctor Strange]

Dude, I'm in med school, and I'm not doing jack **** during break. Go get your drank on.

 

[llamasarefuzzy]

I mean, I used my sophomore year winter break to run an entire clinical trial which is now published in New England Journal of medicine..

Seriously. Enjoy the break and get destressed enough to conquer next semester!

 

[barca4ever]

I mean, I used my sophomore year winter break to run an entire clinical trial which is now published in New England Journal of medicine..

Seriously. Enjoy the break and get destressed enough to conquer next semester!

Haha, this is probably what all of the summer students were thinking before they joined our lab. Just a summer and I will have my name in a published article.

As for OP's question, please relax and recharge your battery for the upcoming semester. If you really feel like you want to do something productive, take out those MCAT books and study 🙂

 

[cidem2065]

Don't think OP cares:

wondergirl3 was last seen: Yesterday at 2:23 PM

 

[Dr Van Helsing]

On a side note, I have had a lingering head ache for the past two days/feeling sick. Me needs to be studying, but mes can't get out of bed.

 

[wondergirl3]

Don't think OP cares:

wondergirl3 was last seen: Yesterday at 2:23 PM

Well, excuse me for relaxing! 😛
(This includes staying off SDN)

 

[cidem2065]

Good timing.

 

[marcelo.zimmt]

Studying

 

[FalconSlice]

Tis the winter break of my sophomore year and I wanted to see if not doing anything productively towards my med school future is okay.
I came home during break and called nearby doctors to shadow, but they did not allow for it in my area. I volunteer during the semester, and there isn't really any place near home for me to volunteer.

Is it fine if I just relax and not really do anything during winter break? Or will this make me be viewed as lazy? (I'm probably crazy for thinking this)

Sincerely,
wondergirl3

Don't do anything during break. Trust me, before you know it, you will wish you could go back to a break/vacation time when you could have actually done nothing (and you will hate your past self for making you work through that free time).

Once you go to med school, every single break will be spent catching up on lecture/subject material (likely 1st and 2nd years), studying and freaking out about upcoming Step 1 (2nd year), reading papers and studying for shelf exams (3rd year), and possibly interviewing (4th year). I may not be a physician yet, but I am pretty sure that winter (and all the other kind of) breaks don't regain their magic after med school either.

Bottom line: relax and do nothing during break. You are going to have the rest of your life to worry, study and work through "time off" that won't actually be time off.