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I am currently a senior who will be applying to medical schools this summer. I want to find something meaningful and fulfilling to do during the gap year/application year. So far I've come up with post bacc research training programs, volunteering/shadowing only, HealthCorp/AmeriCorps, some sort of temp job, or tutoring part-time while shadowing/volunteering (although I can only find about max 15 hours/week of tutoring). I'm sure there are dozens of other ideas...
For those of you that did a gap year, did you just recently graduate? Were you a first time applicant? What did you do and how did you like it? Were you interviewing at this time? I'm sure it was mentioned quite a bit in the interview, no? Is this what you wrote majority of your secondaries on regarding, "what are you currently up to "
Also, if were you successful in gaining admissions, how competitive of an applicant were you to begin with (without the gap year experience, as in your numbers on paper).
I know I should do something that is important to me, but I am just wondering if anyone had any successful experiences? I feel like I have a lot of options and I don't know exactly where to start. Any input would be great, thanks.
For those of you that did a gap year, did you just recently graduate? Were you a first time applicant? What did you do and how did you like it? Were you interviewing at this time? I'm sure it was mentioned quite a bit in the interview, no? Is this what you wrote majority of your secondaries on regarding, "what are you currently up to "
Also, if were you successful in gaining admissions, how competitive of an applicant were you to begin with (without the gap year experience, as in your numbers on paper).
I know I should do something that is important to me, but I am just wondering if anyone had any successful experiences? I feel like I have a lot of options and I don't know exactly where to start. Any input would be great, thanks.