The gap year is often used by premeds to bulk up their application: study for the MCAT, retake the MCAT, raise the GPA or finish prerequisites. In addition, it could be used as a time of reflection. Is med school really for me? I feel like a lot of premeds start college with a self-ultimatum of getting accepted into medical school and when they're finally done with undergrad, they realize that they want something different. Maybe the past 4 years of science was enough and they are tired of science, or the motivation to becoming a doctor is no longer there, or they are simply not willing to work that hard and dive into a career that they are not really sure about, but considered it because others are doing it.
