What Should I do With My Gap Year?

[t0rtillachips]

So I'm a college freshman right now, but I have enough credits to graduate from UC Berkeley at the end of this spring or during the summer. As I have yet to take the MCAT or apply to medical school, I am guaranteed to have at least a year's gap. What should I do during that year seeing as not everything I do will necessarily get to my application?

Current ideas
-Classes at a post-bacc program
-Research
-Extra year in undergrad for no reason

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[ridethecliche]

College frosh graduating in a year? Yeah, okay.

 

[baxt1412]

lol

 

[Dr. Retractor]

College frosh graduating in a year? Yeah, okay.

It's possible OP could have done some sort of dual enrollment in high school. People enter my school with >100 credits as freshmen.

 

[Flashfan]

Why on Earth would you do a post-bacc when you could stay in school. Do your pre-reqs at UC Berkeley, volunteer, do research, travel abroad, learn a language, study interesting things while you are in school. Get life experience.

 

[ridethecliche]

It's possible OP could have done some sort of dual enrollment in high school. People enter my school with >100 credits as freshmen.

Yeah, and then they plan to do a post-bacc when they could have just stayed in school?

 

[baxt1412]

have fun going into med school at.... what like age 19? 20?

 

[Dr. Retractor]

Yeah, and then they plan to do a post-bacc when they could have just stayed in school?

Lol most (at least the premed ones) graduate in a year and then do a masters or take more undergrad classes as a non-degree student while they work on ECs. Premeds who follow that track never do a post-bacc though that would be pointless since they already did the prereqs.

 

[Lucca]

Enjoy the education you would receive at one of the best university's in the world? Get a degree you have not taken classes for. If you really don't enjoy being in school for long periods of time or think learning is a drag just do something else besides medicine.

 

[dkr34]

How are you graduating after freshman year? Here's a link to internship/research opportunities for premed students: http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/premed.htm