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Hey all,
I had a question regarding whether what I'm doing during a portion of my two gap years before medical school will look bad on my AMCAS application in the future. I would much appreciate your guys' advice.
Some background info:
Im a senior who will be graduating this may. I decided to take two gap years and will be applying to medical schools in May-June 2021, and have realized that by the end of this semester I won't have enough clinical and non-clinical volunteering hours, i switched to pre-med late, also I haven't taken the MCAT.
I decided to take the January MCAT next year while also doing only clinical volunteering and non-clinical volunteering from June 2019 to January 2019, and hopefully February 2019 or March I would have a scribe job somewhere.
I was wondering whether having such a large gap being unemployed and only volunteering ( from June 2019 to January 2020) looks bad on the AMCAS?
I know I wouldn't be doing "nothing", which everyone I know says not to do during a gap year. But does only volunteering look bad on my application in the future.
Basically, is it ok it just volunteer for a few months during my 2 gap years, and nothing else( I would be studying for the MCAT during that time)?
I had a question regarding whether what I'm doing during a portion of my two gap years before medical school will look bad on my AMCAS application in the future. I would much appreciate your guys' advice.
Some background info:
Im a senior who will be graduating this may. I decided to take two gap years and will be applying to medical schools in May-June 2021, and have realized that by the end of this semester I won't have enough clinical and non-clinical volunteering hours, i switched to pre-med late, also I haven't taken the MCAT.
I decided to take the January MCAT next year while also doing only clinical volunteering and non-clinical volunteering from June 2019 to January 2019, and hopefully February 2019 or March I would have a scribe job somewhere.
I was wondering whether having such a large gap being unemployed and only volunteering ( from June 2019 to January 2020) looks bad on the AMCAS?
I know I wouldn't be doing "nothing", which everyone I know says not to do during a gap year. But does only volunteering look bad on my application in the future.
Basically, is it ok it just volunteer for a few months during my 2 gap years, and nothing else( I would be studying for the MCAT during that time)?