What to do during Gap Year?

[Clarus]

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Just curious about what people have done in the past during their gap years to help them improve on their application for the current/following cycles.

 

[Catalystik]

Just curious about what people have done in the past during their gap years to help them improve on their application for the current/following cycles.

It's for you to decide what areas of your application are missing or weak, and act to improve it:

-If your sGPA is low, more upper-level coursework in the sciences might be in order.

-If clinical or nonmedical community service hours are low, shore them up, and/or get a clinical job.

-If you don't have research, volunteer or get a job in a lab.

-If primary care showing is deficient, plan to get this in.

Any of these improvements will be good fodder for Secondaries or update letters.