Health Professions Advising at Mason

Delayed Applicants and Reapplicants

Employment Options

Why is it a good idea to "get a job"?

Some applicants who have strong academic credentials do not have (in the opinion of admissions committees) sufficient exposure to a health care field. Many students realize they need a break after spending 16 or more years of continuous schooling, so many who graduate take at least a year off to work in a health care environment without the distraction of coursework. In some programs a majority of a class took some time off between their bachelor's degree and their matriculation.

In addition to many postbac opportunities in research or in a biomedical industry firm, employment in a hospital setting can help a delayed applicant or reapplicant. Here are opportunities that many Mason students have taken:

• Americorps
• BestPractices Medical Scribing (including Inova Fairfax Hospital)
• Peace Corps
• Postgraduate Fellowships and Scholarships
• Teach for America (some medical schools grant automatic deferrals to students who successfully get offers but are already committed to TFA)

Delayed Applicants and Reapplicants
Introduction

About Low Grades

Why I wasn't offered

Postgraduate Programs

Employment Options

External Links
List of summer programs (Syracuse)

List of postbac programs (Syracuse)

Searchable list of postbac premedical programs (AAMC)