Teaching before medical school?

[jgad1]

Hello SDN. I am a little ahead of schedule as far as my undergraduate course works goes (dual credit stuff in high school) and was considering maybe teaching (junior high or high school) for a year before medical school. Providing my GPAs, MCAT, and other admission criteria are on par with a typical matriculant, would teaching for a year:

1) hurt my chances of getting accepted into medical school?

2) improve my chances of getting into medical school?

Reasoning: my father is a teacher and I have always had a good deal of respect for good teachers. I believe education is important and I do believe that it would give me a good deal of perspective.

Thank you for your time.

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[Goro]

On what planet would teaching before medical school hurt a candidate?????

 

[jgad1]

On what planet would teaching before medical school hurt a candidate?????

Awesome. That is a good answer. Lol. I have read other places that medical schools could look unfavorably on "skipping" a year before applying. I was just curious. Thank you for your input!

 

[Goro]

Awesome. That is a good answer. Lol. I have read other places that medical schools could look unfavorably on "skipping" a year before applying. I was just curious. Thank you for your input!

You were misinformed. It is a pre-med delusion that med schools want you to go only through four years of college. Gap years are quite common now.

 

[wholeheartedly]

closing. crossposted in pre-allo