unique situation, need advice please!

[brncs89]

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Hey guys,

So I got a call from a school a few days ago that I was being accepted for the upcoming Fall. However, I am currently in the process of applying to another school ED for the following year that is my top choice. In addition, I have started a job in June that I would not want to quit so soon. I would like to go to the school I was just accepted to but would choose the other school if I were accepted there. Would I be able to defer the acceptance in this situation and see how my other application goes, or would that be against the policy?

Thanks for the help!

 

[iniquus]

You don't have a good reason to defer. It's a selfish motive.

 

[fiznat]

I think in general schools aren't going to want to let you defer unless there is a legitimate, verifiable reason for doing so.

I don't know you or your stats, but I would think that if you didn't get any other acceptances this past cycle and *just* got in off a wait list, maybe you should take the opportunity to go to school while it is available. No guarantee you'll have the same option next year. Besides, this time next year wouldn't you rather be a MS2 at your 2nd choice than a (maybe) MS1 at your first?

 

[brncs89]

You don't have a good reason to defer. It's a selfish motive.

a job that I just started which is related to medicine isnt a good reason? i thought employment was one of the reasons they grant deferment for.

 

[flatearth22]

a job that I just started which is related to medicine isnt a good reason? i thought employment was one of the reasons they grant deferment for.

Deferring from a school implies you will enter there in the future. Not that you're going to apply ED to another school.

Also when you apply ED that school will probably ask if you have applied before and have been accepted before. Good luck explaining that one.

Either withdraw from your current school and go through with the ED application and job OR work for a year but don't apply ED.

 

[bassvp]

Deferring from a school implies you will enter there in the future. Not that you're going to apply ED to another school.

Also when you apply ED that school will probably ask if you have applied before and have been accepted before. Good luck explaining that one.

Either withdraw from your current school and go through with the ED application and job OR work for a year but don't apply ED.

You'd better matriculate if accepted. Otherwise you're just a cheater. You apply to new school and you have to tell them that you cheated on your old school. Once a cheater, always a cheater. I would look past your application and move on if I were the new school ADCOM, no matter how much you told me you loved me.

 

[brncs89]

Deferring from a school implies you will enter there in the future. Not that you're going to apply ED to another school.

Also when you apply ED that school will probably ask if you have applied before and have been accepted before. Good luck explaining that one.

Either withdraw from your current school and go through with the ED application and job OR work for a year but don't apply ED.

I'm already in the process of applying though.

 

[iniquus]

a job that I just started which is related to medicine isnt a good reason? i thought employment was one of the reasons they grant deferment for.

I'm speaking out of my ass here, but I don't think a 1-year medical job is a good reason for deferment--especially because you're going to become a doctor. Since you already applied to medical school, you should already be serious and dedicated to this career path. This job shouldn't change your mind, and there's no point in building your resume at this point. Residencies probably won't care about this employment stint.

If you're talking about deferring for family emergencies, or some kind of unique, character-building, eye-opening, once-in-a-lifetime activity, such as TFA or some international service mission, then maybe you'd have a good reason.

You just want a fallback in case you don't get in ED.

 

[mauberley]

Hey guys,

So I got a call from a school a few days ago that I was being accepted for the upcoming Fall. However, I am currently in the process of applying to another school ED for the following year that is my top choice. In addition, I have started a job in June that I would not want to quit so soon. I would like to go to the school I was just accepted to but would choose the other school if I were accepted there. Would I be able to defer the acceptance in this situation and see how my other application goes, or would that be against the policy?

Thanks for the help!

My understanding of deferral is you must agree to not apply to any other schools. Thus, this is not even an option.

 

[LegendaryPunk]

a job that I just started which is related to medicine isnt a good reason? i thought employment was one of the reasons they grant deferment for.

C'mon now, be honest. You don't want to defer so you can gain one year work experience; you want to defer to see if you are accepted to and can attend a different school. You made that pretty clear in your initial post.

You have been accepted to school A, and are right now in the middle of applying to school B; those two processes are incompatible with each other. Either walk away from school A, or stop applying to school B.

Finally - one in the hand is worth two in the bush. This isn't your residency; all med schools do a good job of teaching you what you need to know to become a doctor. You've already been accepted - just take it.

 

[BrightandClear]

I'm already in the process of applying though.

A friend deferred for a year, it was conditional on not applying elsewhere. Attend, pull your app in process and defer for your job, or withdraw and continue with this cycle. I doubt you'll be able to defer the current acceptance and still apply elsewhere.

 

[V5RED]

I'm already in the process of applying though.

Boo hoo?

You asked your question, and it was answered. Your mind is already made up though, so why did you bother asking in the first place?

 

[uclaussr]

You better take that acceptance and thank your lucky stars. Your gap year job will not pay anywhere remotely close to how much you will lose in wages by delaying med school for a year. Delaying matriculation with no guarantee you will get in somewhere else is plain dumb. Take that acceptance and go get your MD.

 

[penndoc]

Take the acceptance and run. There are many on this forum who would kill to be in your position.

 

[PharMed2016]

Hey guys,

So I got a call from a school a few days ago that I was being accepted for the upcoming Fall. However, I am currently in the process of applying to another school ED for the following year that is my top choice. In addition, I have started a job in June that I would not want to quit so soon. I would like to go to the school I was just accepted to but would choose the other school if I were accepted there. Would I be able to defer the acceptance in this situation and see how my other application goes, or would that be against the policy?

Thanks for the help!

There are no guarantees in life. Take the acceptance as I have told my sister before.

 

[altoid25]

So I am not in this situation nor do I know someone first-hand who has turned down an allopathic acceptance. However, at the SMP I completed a year ago, our advisors harped upon the "medical school black-book" as they called it. Obviously there is no proof of such interactions between various med-school deans. However, our advisors talked about a student from the smp that had turned down acceptance at school X in hopes of getting into school YZ the following year. Turns out, the next year (after more work, higher mcat, etc) he was rejected not only by school X and YZ, but every single school he had applied too.

I'm honestly not trying to make up stories to scare you. Just words of warning that were passed onto me as a pre-med. Pretty sure that schools will black-ball somebody for turning down an acceptance to apply "broadly".

 

[rHinO1]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

The best way to prepare for being a doctor is medical school, not some other job.

Also, ED is usually for strong applicants, not someone who barely got in by the skin of their ass. Be thankful you are attending med school next year.

 

[kexy]

You better take that acceptance and thank your lucky stars. Your gap year job will not pay anywhere remotely close to how much you will lose in wages by delaying med school for a year.

Seriously, is attending your EDP school (which is only a maybe) worth one fewer year of an attending's salary? Like, $200,000?

 

[rhesuspieces]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

QFT. OP, you should not turn down a real life acceptance to hold out for a school that still may reject you. Have you even been offered an interview at your ED school yet?

As far as the job goes...well, I know people that were accepted to med school four days before orientation and still dropped everything to go. Forget getting into your #1 school and go for what you've got.

 

[LizzyM]

If the new job were a reason not to take this offer from the waitlist you should have pulled your name from the waitlist when you accepted the job. Using the job as a reason to defer is just bullsh*t.

the Early Decision is not guaranteed... would you like to be standing here a year from now with nothing??

If I were at the school that granted a deferral only to find out that you applied ED elsewhere, I'd pull that offer of admission so fast your head would spin.

 

[brncs89]

If the new job were a reason not to take this offer from the waitlist you should have pulled your name from the waitlist when you accepted the job. Using the job as a reason to defer is just bullsh*t.

the Early Decision is not guaranteed... would you like to be standing here a year from now with nothing??

If I were at the school that granted a deferral only to find out that you applied ED elsewhere, I'd pull that offer of admission so fast your head would spin.

you guys are right, i am going to accept the offer. I just wanted to see some opinions.