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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a resident and within her cohorts, most have taken one or two gap years. [/quote] The average age of entering med students is over 24. Almost all take gap years.[/quote] What do they do in the gap year? They apply to med school during this time? Or they're already in?[/quote] They re-take classes that they don’t get a high enough grade in. They get volunteers hours at clinics and fire stations. They work in labs doing research and publishing papers. This is before applying. [/quote] PP, Forgot the most common use of a gap year -- take (or re-take) the MCAT.[/quote] Oops! Right! Plus the MCAT. I think it’s hard to apply while you’re still in college - to start right away. I know one student who did that and just didn’t have the time to study as much as he needed to for the MCAT and wound up at a DO a school. I don’t know why he didn’t opt to retake it. [/quote]
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