What To Do If You Didn't Match Part 3

Now, let's say you've applied two, maybe even three times. You still haven't matched. You can't strengthen your application anymore. You're never going to be a practicing physician. It's time to reconsider your options. What are you going to do for the rest of your life? How are you going to put food on the table? How are you going to pay off those student loans? Well, you have two major options. The first is to leverage your medical degree into a job. While a doctor who's completed residency and practiced for a few years is very attractive for jobs in many industries, one who has never practiced can also be quite useful, especially with some additional training such as an mba, some financial training, an mph, an MPA or an mha. You may also find jobs in pharma, insurance or other related fields. You can coach pre meds on how to get into medical school. There's lots of options. Alternatively, you can simply go into something else. You can open a business, start a real estate empire, go into sales, be a therapist or a coach or whatever. There's a whole world full of careers you don't even know about. You'll probably like some of them.