I need some help deciding what to do for the summer.
I'm currently doing an informal postbacc (grade repair not necessary), taking some courses and volunteering in the ED and volunteering for a non profit. My original plan was to continuing my ED volunteering for the summer, take a few classes and work as a tutor. Unfortunately, the tutoring company I was hired by has yet to give me any actual tutoring work, so the potential to not have enough money to pay for my fall courses is becoming real.
I recently found an opportunity to work in my previous industry (working with youth, at sea, lots of teamwork, teaching, leadership, etc.), but this would mean I would have to take a huge break in my clinical volunteering, but I would have some guaranteed income for the summer. I would still have time to amass ~1 year of weekly clinical volunteering prior to applying.
I know that the standard argument is that you can always volunteer when you're working, but this isn't the case since I would literally be away from land, in different ports every week, etc.
I guess my question is whether it would look bad to not sacrifice all other aspects of my life to do only medical admissions related activities? I don't want it to seem like I'm not committed, but I think it's silly to take out loans for a few postbacc classes that I could pay for if I just worked for a few months.
I'm currently doing an informal postbacc (grade repair not necessary), taking some courses and volunteering in the ED and volunteering for a non profit. My original plan was to continuing my ED volunteering for the summer, take a few classes and work as a tutor. Unfortunately, the tutoring company I was hired by has yet to give me any actual tutoring work, so the potential to not have enough money to pay for my fall courses is becoming real.
I recently found an opportunity to work in my previous industry (working with youth, at sea, lots of teamwork, teaching, leadership, etc.), but this would mean I would have to take a huge break in my clinical volunteering, but I would have some guaranteed income for the summer. I would still have time to amass ~1 year of weekly clinical volunteering prior to applying.
I know that the standard argument is that you can always volunteer when you're working, but this isn't the case since I would literally be away from land, in different ports every week, etc.
I guess my question is whether it would look bad to not sacrifice all other aspects of my life to do only medical admissions related activities? I don't want it to seem like I'm not committed, but I think it's silly to take out loans for a few postbacc classes that I could pay for if I just worked for a few months.
