Will not following through impact my application?

[Sgt Snuggles]

So before college, I considered doing Ems as a way to pick up money and get some medical experience while I was at it, but due to a combination of scheduling conflicts and better opportunities I decided not to continue with it, and never even finished certification.

The problem is, the ems classes that I took were at a community college, and as such will be included in a transcript in my AMCAS, where med schools will be able to see that I only took the classes for a short while and then stopped.

Will this be looked upon negatively by adcoms? I'm sure this is very neurotic and all, but I just don't want to worry about the off chance of someone seeing this and thinking that since I quit one medical career path, I'm likely to quit others as well.

Thoughts?

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[Sgt Snuggles]

Where should I even address it then? I don't really feel that it would be necessary to write an entire essay about this.

I honestly just figured that I would explain in interviews that I began before I knew what college would entail, and that I needed to earn more income elsewhere rather than fighting for extremely limited, minimum-wage ems jobs in my city..

 

[Sgt Snuggles]

Why is it such a big deal? I know it's not favorable, but why do you think it's enough to warrant flat out rejection from all med schools?

 

[Sgt Snuggles]

Oh sorry for being unclear - I didn't drop out of the classes themselves, and actually got A's in them.

I meant that I didn't take the national certification exam, and don't plan on picking up that path again.

To be honest I saw it as more of a learning experience than anything, and while the classes themselves were enjoyable, I simply couldn't find the time to continue with college coursework piling up and bills that need paying (since it's tough to get any ems hours where I'm from)

Should I still explain those reasons above somewhere in my application?

 

[pathologyDO]

Don't worry about it too much. Mention it in your app where they ask you to expand on any negatives, but just be mature about it. This is by no means a huge deal. Acting like it is a huge red flag will make it worse. Realize that this is a tiny thing to explain to them. I bet they won't even ask you about that at half your interviews.

 

[Wasted Energy]

Oh sorry for being unclear - I didn't drop out of the classes themselves, and actually got A's in them.

I meant that I didn't take the national certification exam, and don't plan on picking up that path again.

To be honest I saw it as more of a learning experience than anything, and while the classes themselves were enjoyable, I simply couldn't find the time to continue with college coursework piling up and bills that need paying (since it's tough to get any ems hours where I'm from)

Should I still explain those reasons above somewhere in my application?

Oh, don't even worry about it then, you're good. If it happens to come up in interviews just state the bolded.