The Downsides to gap year before med school

twogirls
Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:47:59 +0000

NiceUnparticularMan:

Like this is just speculation, but is it possible that gap years marginally reduce the number of people who rush into med school, end up not liking the profession, and end up not being physicians for long or at all? I don’t know, but it could be, right?

I know college grads who took gap years for that exact reason. They needed more time to shadow, speak with physicians, and decide if this was the right career.

The sibling of a young coworker went straight to medical school, hated it, dropped out, and decided to go to culinary school.