semester off to prepare for mcat

[merlinludy]

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I'm in my senior year, and I'm about to start preparing for the Mcat. I was wondering if adcom would count against if I take the spring semester of to prepare.

 

[Vihsadas]

They might not hold it against you, but they might wonder why you didn't just do it in the summer. I think you'd have to have a pretty compelling reason to take an entire semester off, and I'm not sure that the MCAT is a valid one.

 

[junkct]

a FULL semester? That's like 13 weeks of full-time mcat... might be a bit overload

 

[SN2ed]

a FULL semester? That's like 13 weeks of full-time mcat... might be a bit overload

13 weeks to study for the MCAT is close to the 3 months a good number of people use to prepare. Now, taking a semester off is a completely different topic. It would be better to, as Vihsadas wrote, use the summer and not skip a semester.

 

[junkct]

13 weeks to study for the MCAT is close to the 3 months a good number of people use to prepare. Now, taking a semester off is a completely different topic. It would be better to, as Vihsadas wrote, use the summer and not skip a semester.

Right, 13 weeks is pretty reasonable IF you're doing other stuff (like school or work) along with it. If you're taking the semester off solely to study for the mcat, then idk...

 

[scaredoflife]

I wish I could take the semester off, my scholarship makes me take up to 12 credits each semester except summer.

 

[SN2ed]

Right, 13 weeks is pretty reasonable IF you're doing other stuff (like school or work) along with it. If you're taking the semester off solely to study for the mcat, then idk...

I'd say using a summer break when you're doing nothing else is also okay. Like you said, it's the taking a semester off that's the problem.