Big ****ing help you are
I applied to scribe jobs through three or four different companies and never heard back on a single one of them. To be fair, the jobs were all two hours away since there are no scribe positions in the tiny hospital here. I'm that desperate for work that I'd be willing to travel two hours there and back for a $9/hour scribe position.
Yeah I don't know if I'd go for this if I were an adcom. Why didn't OP have the foresight, initiative, or responsibility to do what had to be done to pay the bills? If I hadn't searched for a job after college and started applying to medical schools with credit card debt, I would be living out of my car as well. If I take all my money, throw it in the trash, and start living on the street, will adcoms like me more? How is it adversity if this could have been avoided with a tiny bit of responsibility? Not all adversity is brought upon us by other people, and in those cases people shouldn't be lauded for overcoming it. The reward should be learning not to do that s**t again. I would pick the cookie cutter applicant with a job busing tables over this guy/girl every time.
That's insane. It's probably more of an effort to weed out those who would be dishonest or simply don't have the ability to hold down a job. Still, I maintain that anyone with a bachelors can find a job if they work hard enough. A career-worthy job is different, but jobs are always around for those looking hard enough, especially for those with the qualifications to get 6 med school interviews.
I think this is true for most people in most areas. Living where I live now, I honestly think I'd stand a way greater chance at getting into med school than finding a job. I've applied to easily 100 positions, and that's not an exaggeration. I haven't been applying to many career-worthy positions because I'm not looking for a career. I'm looking for a way to pay my rent so I can stay in school and finish my pre-reqs, and I've filled out my share of applications for dishwashing and janitorial positions. I have literally received emails from places like Ryan's telling me they regret to inform me that they found someone more qualified than me to fill people's drinks. I do have a bachelor's degree, but most employers aren't tripping over themselves to hire someone with an English degree...my mistake, I know. The thing is, employers don't give a damn about my high grades. Med schools do. It's part of my reason for wanting to go to med school; the area in which I've excelled the most doesn't mean much outside of medicine. I do have some work experience, but it doesn't transfer very well over to the types of jobs available in this area.
Fair enough. I got my degree in engineering, so I can't really talk in this situation. Even getting job in engineering is not easy anymore. I met a number of pre-meds doing things entirely unrelated to their degrees though. Scribe jobs, clinical assistant jobs, secretarial work at a health-related company/practice, etc... I think some places really are just looking to take advantage of the high number of highly qualified grads who can't find degree-related jobs. Tons of places are hiring whoever has the best qualifications just because the job requires little to no training, and they want someone who is responsible and intelligent enough to add something to the position.
I do some online freelance writing work, but it's very inconsistent and doesn't pay enough to cover my expenses. For example, I wrote some articles for a client today that only paid $5 a piece. Freelance work doesn't tend to be very steady because most clients only have one or two things they need you to write, edit, etc. for them, and then they're gone. It can also get extremely time-consuming because of the clients who demand three and four rewrites of articles just to get your $15 out of them, not to mention the clients who provide you with no guidelines other than, "I would like an article about a recent trending topic involving a celebrity," and then they leave you bad feedback on freelancing platforms because the content you produced didn't meet their vision, making it harder to secure future clients. If you have any leads that offer more stability and income, I'm all ears!
That's scary. :/ I considered getting a CNA because I thought it would open lots of doors! I didn't get one in the end due to the price and also because I don't think I would have been able to fit one of the programs in with my school schedule.
Oh seriously? I thought a formal class was required for the certification. I will have to revisit that possibility!
I will check it out, thanks! I'm taking the Fall off of school because I don't have any other choice and am moving back in with my parents for five months (hoping to study for the MCAT during this time and take the current version in January), so it would be great if I can get a CNA and find a clinical job during that time instead of anything I can find that will allow me to stash money away.
And I realized I made a monologue now looking back 
