The Downsides to gap year before med school

gardenstategal
Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:11:37 +0000

I have a friend who took a gap year between undergrad and med school (already accepted) to earn and save some money for the latter. Decided that the money-earning work was very interesting and chose to go to grad school for that rather than med school.

With that said, I have 2 friends who left medicine for other fields in their early 30s.

It is often difficult if you’ve been in single-minded pursuit of something to realize there are other things out there.