General Waitlist withdrawal question

[Question]

I am on multiple waitlists, and unsure if I will get off any. I did find a research job I am interested in starting for my gap year.

Should I withdraw from all my waitlists and just reapply this cycle, taking this job for the upcoming cycle, rather than turn it down and roll the dice on the waitlist?

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[GoSpursGo]

Honestly I would take the job but not withdraw from the waitlists. You should proceed as if you won’t get in off the WL, but if you do you would presumably drop your gap year job and go be a doctor. That might be annoying to the gap year job but frankly at that point it’s not your problem

 

[MusicDOc124]

^This

it’s not your problem

and emphasis here^.

 

[Med Ed]

Look, you have a right to tend to your own interests. So do potential employers. If you accepted the research job but funding for the position unexpectedly dried up, you'd get kicked to the curb without a second thought. It's just business.

Do accept the research job. Do not remove yourself from any waitlists. In the event that you come off one of the waitlists, inform the research people that you received an unanticipated opportunity that you can't pass up. Low level research techs come and go with astonishing speed. They'll get over it.

 

[MusicDOc124]

Look, you have a right to tend to your own interests. So do potential employers. If you accepted the research job but funding for the position unexpectedly dried up, you'd get kicked to the curb without a second thought. It's just business.

Do accept the research job. Do not remove yourself from any waitlists. In the event that you come off one of the waitlists, inform the research people that you received an unanticipated opportunity that you can't pass up. Low level research techs come and go with astonishing speed. They'll get over it.

This^. To them, you’re just a body in a position.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Honestly not going to entertain the what if. You should not withdraw from the WLs, period

 

[IlDestriero]

You owe them nothing. Protect your interests all the time. If you have to resign with 2 hours notice on Friday because Med school starts Monday in another state, they’ll be ok.

 

[wysdoc]

Withdrawing from a WL has no effect that will follow you. Sounds like a wise choice to pull out of a school that doesn’t work for you.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Stop overthinking. Drop the one school and stay on the other waitlists. In the meantime, take the offer and proceed as if you don't get accepted. This means prepare a new application if your want to do that.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Stay on waitlists and take the job