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<p>I suppose there exist some people out there for which this is true, but for me and most everyone I know, it would be a horrible ordeal to take a year off. I enjoy my studies, I travel every year, and there is nothing wrong with my “mental health” :D</p>
<p>^I agree, I think it’s more like “If you’re thinking a year off might be good for you, it probably is.” I saw several people who didn’t take a year off hit a wall during the first semester of winter break that most of the returning people did not but on the flip side, there were people who took time off that struggled to get back into the swing of school life.</p>
<p>Even if you enjoy what you’re studying and what you do on vacation, it can still be nice to experience life outside of the bubbles of college and med school and experience life without a regular schedule of exams before you’re 27.</p>