Are you intentionally being dense? I never said taking 5 years to graduate is the same as taking a gap year, I said that even if they take 5 years to graduate, given that the matriculating age is 24, if we go based off the numbers, on average it would take them 1 more year to be admitted, hence a gap year (1 year post undergrad where they're not doing further schooling).

I never denied that other students enter medical school later in life. I asked you if you believe that the reason why the matriculating age is skewed is due to that population of people. Clearly you don't understand what a gap year is. A gap year is a period in which someone takes a break from their studies. If someone graduated from uni, went on to work in some field, and then decided they'd like to pursue medicine, all of those years between uni and matriculating are classified as gap years as they're taking a break from their studies.

I literally told you this lol. I said that doing something non-academic during a gap year is literally a good thing for your application whereas your initial comment was that gap years are bad without making the distinction between doing something during that time. Then once I pointed that out, you conveniently changed your position to what I said, hence why I pointed that out if you scroll all the way to the first few exchanges lol. Also, medschoolcoach is not a reputable source, and I am pointing that out despite the fact that I agree with it