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I'm a biomedical & electrical engineering student doing a gap year before MD/PhD. I'm not sure what to do with myself. So far, I'm debating between 

1) working as an engineer or in a laboratory for a year, if I can get a position, and

2) waitress for a year, since I've only ever tutored and worked in a laboratory, to get a taste for the real world. My parents were "traditional," so I'm perfectly capable inside the house (cook, clean, childcare), but not entirely sure how the world works outside. [And then this happened in college...](

What are your thoughts?
<bot>: I've always lived under a rock. I have one year on the outside before going back under the rock. Anything I should do?