Minimal Work History

[brommander]

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Hey everyone,

Long-time lurker and decided to join to post about something that I have been worried about now that I am getting ready to apply. I have minimal work history after high school and I am 25. I worked for my parents during high school but since then I've mostly been going to school. I went to UG, law school, and now finishing a post bacc. I worked as a tutor during one summer and as note-taker for disabled students for 6 months but that is about it. I am currently working as a tutor at a learning center part time and have been offered a scribing job but I am hesitant to take it. I've only been tutoring for 3 months and given my work history I don't want to seem like I can't hold down a job. The scribing job would be great experience and it is full-time so I am tempted to take it. What do you guys think? Should I take the job? It would technically be my first real full time job and I really want to do it. Only thing holding me back is that I'd have to leave the tutoring job I've only been doing for a couple of months. Will this hurt my app?

 

[MrLogan13]

Couldn't you scribe and tutor part-time?

 

[brommander]

Unfortunately I cannot. The tutoring job is actually a big time commitment (everyday), where I tutor 20 kids and I have my own classroom. I'm pretty much like an actual teacher but I am only with them half the day. The times overlap with the scribing job and I cannot adjust the hours for either job since I am the only tutor assigned to these kids and I wold be the only scribe for the physician.

 

[brommander]

Bump...Any advice? Still can't decide whether it is a good idea leaving my tutoring job for the scribe position.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Bump...Any advice? Still can't decide whether it is a good idea leaving my tutoring job for the scribe position.

If your premed, leave the tutoring for the scribe. Scribing is about the best experience a premed can get. Don't worry about Job instability, 25 is not so old that you can't get away with that, especially considering your graduate/law background. What you need to do is make a very good answer to why medicine? Cause it looks like you are hoping around. Scribing will help you make that answer much better, tutoring will not.