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[blueparrot88]

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Hi. I'm planning on applying this summer, earlier the better, because of my 3.2 gpa and 25 MCAT. I'm going to take my MCAT again in May but I have a question about work. Right now I'm working 16 hours per week at an MD internal medicine office and I am suffocating there. I am doing more and more paperwork and I am thinking about working at the hospital instead and shadowing a DO in the mean time. But I have worked less than a year at all my previous jobs and I wonder if it would reflect poorly on my application if I changed jobs again. I've been at my current job for 6 months...

Any thoughts?

 

[dudeliness]

Hi. I'm planning on applying this summer, earlier the better, because of my 3.2 gpa and 25 MCAT. I'm going to take my MCAT again in May but I have a question about work. Right now I'm working 16 hours per week at an MD internal medicine office and I am suffocating there. I am doing more and more paperwork and I am thinking about working at the hospital instead and shadowing a DO in the mean time. But I have worked less than a year at all my previous jobs and I wonder if it would reflect poorly on my application if I changed jobs again. I've been at my current job for 6 months...

Any thoughts?

Do you have ANY jobs that have lasted more than 6 months? I don't think it's bad to work less than 6 months as long as you have a few good jobs to list that you've worked longer at. Then just don't list your shorter term jobs.
In all honesty though, I'm really not sure how important working longer at jobs is on the app. Is it helpful? Undoubtedly. Is it a deal-breaker if you don't have it? Maybe so maybe not.

Good luck

 

[Goro]

Quit fussing; your clinical exposure is far more important than your work history. If it's brough up in interviews, just tell the truth.

Hi. I'm planning on applying this summer, earlier the better, because of my 3.2 gpa and 25 MCAT. I'm going to take my MCAT again in May but I have a question about work. Right now I'm working 16 hours per week at an MD internal medicine office and I am suffocating there. I am doing more and more paperwork and I am thinking about working at the hospital instead and shadowing a DO in the mean time. But I have worked less than a year at all my previous jobs and I wonder if it would reflect poorly on my application if I changed jobs again. I've been at my current job for 6 months...

Any thoughts?

 

[MedPR]

Hi. I'm planning on applying this summer, earlier the better, because of my 3.2 gpa and 25 MCAT. I'm going to take my MCAT again in May but I have a question about work. Right now I'm working 16 hours per week at an MD internal medicine office and I am suffocating there. I am doing more and more paperwork and I am thinking about working at the hospital instead and shadowing a DO in the mean time. But I have worked less than a year at all my previous jobs and I wonder if it would reflect poorly on my application if I changed jobs again. I've been at my current job for 6 months...

Any thoughts?

You can't handle 16 hours per week? Cmon... The fact that you've worked such a short time at your other jobs and are complaining after 6 months at this one makes it seem like you're the problem, not the jobs.

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[dudeliness]

You can't handle 16 hours per week? Cmon... The fact that you've worked such a short time at your other jobs and are complaining after 6 months at this one makes it seem like you're the problem, not the jobs.

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Didn't wanna say it, but +1 to ^

There will be things in med school, residency, your future career, life in general, that will blow some serious chunks. Take this job as an opportunity to gently train yourself how to deal with it.

Here's a straw, now suck it up. 😉

http://youtu.be/vN2WzQzxuoA
😀😀😀😀😀

 

[KinesiologyNerd]

You're not a fan of tedious paperwork/documentation, but you want to be a physician?

 

[Mr Kenobi]

Didn't wanna say it, but +1 to ^

There will be things in med school, residency, your future career, life in general, that will blow some serious chunks. Take this job as an opportunity to gently train yourself how to deal with it.

Here's a straw, now suck it up. 😉

http://youtu.be/vN2WzQzxuoA
😀😀😀😀😀

Shut the full cup