Self Employed vs getting a "Real Job"

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I'll make this simple.

I'm getting my MS soon. While I am applying to jobs and have received interviews, none of these have led to job offers.

If I can't get a "real job", my fall back plan is Ochem/biology tutor. This is not a permanent plan, but a space filler until a "real job" comes along or I start med school.

How do adcoms view self-employment? Positive? Negative? Neutral?

 

[Lawgiver]

all of the above depending on what it is. Is your company selling drugs or sub prime loans to minorities = BAD. For example...

 

[Hospitalized]

Is your company selling drugs or sub prime loans to minorities = BAD. For example...

C'mon :/

 

[NickNaylor]

I see employment as one broad category with very little distinction. Personally I would favor the person that starts their own business, but that's just me. Favor isn't even the right word - how about interesting. I think it's relatively easy to walk the beaten path and get a job at a large corporation. It's a little more difficult to run your own operation and figure out a way to make it work so that you can survive off of it. That path reveals things about a person that I don't think are necessarily true for other paths

But to reiterate, the distinction is small and won't likely matter much at all.

 

[caffeinemia]

I'll make this simple.

I'm getting my MS soon. While I am applying to jobs and have received interviews, none of these have led to job offers.

If I can't get a "real job", my fall back plan is Ochem/biology tutor. This is not a permanent plan, but a space filler until a "real job" comes along or I start med school.

How do adcoms view self-employment? Positive? Negative? Neutral?

Nothing wrong with tutoring man (or woman or neither). As long as you are able to support yourself, doing something productive for yourself and society, and enjoy what you're doing.