How to best utilize a gap years before applying?

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First off, I would do something you enjoy.

If I were you, I would find my way to emergency medicine somehow, albeit as a scribe, EMT, or ER Tech.
 
Anyone else have thoughts about retaking the MCAT? My gut keeps telling me I ought to retake it, but I can rationalize why it would be unproductive/risky or not a great use of time.
 
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