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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MD here and previously on a medical school admissions committee…most applicants these days have a gap year/years between undergrad and med school in order to strengthen their resumes with research and other experiences.  Also having gone through an accelerated track to med school myself, i would have given anything to have some time off for other experiences before giving up my 20’s and 30’s to medicine.  It all worked out, but burn out can be real as this is a life long commitment.  If your son is dedicated to pursuing this track, a year or more off won’t do any harm.  [/quote]

Not an MD but I’m surprised you are the first to say this and I was chiming in to say it. I have heard that it is quite common, even necessary and expected, to take a year between college and med school these days to apply to med school because the process has become so onerous and the kids need the extra year for shadowing, mcat etc[/quote]

MD pp is not the first one who said it but OP appears struggling with it. [/quote]

I didn’t think anyone had said it very clearly although she does seem a bit overwrought. If he is talking to premed advising at his college they may be telling him to do it this way. My understanding (from acquaintances with pre-med kids) is that it’s becoming almost like part of the process. Working as an EMT, in a lab etc doesn’t exactly sound like loafing around to me. I don’t know that I’d pay his rent when he could easily live at home but other than that I think you may need to respect his understanding of the process, assuming he seems to have the grades for med school. [/quote]

Yes, I am with you 100%. If I were OP, I'd bring him home but support him 100% as long as kid wants to try. Incoming M1 avg age is 24 because most kids go thru the same process. EMT/clinical/lab are all needed requirements but I don't think OP sees it that way. [/quote]

I read it as - OP thinks the kid doing EMT/shadowing/labs in college was enough, why does he need an extra year of it. But OP think about it - if you're doing research, don't you get into it more when you're full time versus 10 hours a week while trying to handle organic chem?[/quote]

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