Here's my situation.
I got started on the alternate semester co-op program this Spring. That is, I work this semester, take classes in the summer, work in fall, take classes in Spring, and so on... until I have at least 3 work terms.
But having worked for 4 months, I hate my work. But I don't want to go back to school in Fall because my schedule works out weirdly and will end up graduating in Fall 2015--I can't anymore graduate in Spring 2015 as I would've if I didn't start co-op, and staying another semester at school to graduate in Spring 2016 will make me stay in school for more than 8 semesters which means I will lose some scholarship. (But if I take this fall semester off it doesn't count, so I won't have to pay for the extra semester)
As long as I can find another position for Fall I will be fine and can stay on the program. Or I can drop out of this program (and med schools won't know if I do). My problem is it's very hard to find an internship in Fall... and I am taking the MCAT in January. Does it look bad if I just study full-time the semester before the MCAT? I never intended to do so, but it just pans out nicely if I don't work or take classes in Fall because everything can go as I planned.
Sorry for poor readability. English is my second language and today I'm too tired to bother checking for errors, which I find a handful every time I do.
TLDR: Not taking classes in Fall will let me graduate in Spring, and I take my MCAT in January. Will it look bad, though, if I take a semester off to just study for the MCAT?
I got started on the alternate semester co-op program this Spring. That is, I work this semester, take classes in the summer, work in fall, take classes in Spring, and so on... until I have at least 3 work terms.
But having worked for 4 months, I hate my work. But I don't want to go back to school in Fall because my schedule works out weirdly and will end up graduating in Fall 2015--I can't anymore graduate in Spring 2015 as I would've if I didn't start co-op, and staying another semester at school to graduate in Spring 2016 will make me stay in school for more than 8 semesters which means I will lose some scholarship. (But if I take this fall semester off it doesn't count, so I won't have to pay for the extra semester)
As long as I can find another position for Fall I will be fine and can stay on the program. Or I can drop out of this program (and med schools won't know if I do). My problem is it's very hard to find an internship in Fall... and I am taking the MCAT in January. Does it look bad if I just study full-time the semester before the MCAT? I never intended to do so, but it just pans out nicely if I don't work or take classes in Fall because everything can go as I planned.
Sorry for poor readability. English is my second language and today I'm too tired to bother checking for errors, which I find a handful every time I do.
TLDR: Not taking classes in Fall will let me graduate in Spring, and I take my MCAT in January. Will it look bad, though, if I take a semester off to just study for the MCAT?
