Pre-Med Student- study abroad junior year?

racquetdad
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:47:10 +0000

My S is currently a sophomore on the pre-med track. He has discussed studying abroad either next summer or his first term of junior year. My thought is that junior year is most critical for getting into medical school. Even though he will take the MCATS the end of junior year, I suspect there are many medical school related things he will need to start taking care of beginning his junior year ( e.g. volunteering, shadowing, getting prepped for application and completing resume, etc).

Anyone have any thoughts on this? Any student out there who has studied abroad first term junior year with no detrimental affects trying to get into medical school?