Not to get this all fired up again lol but I wanted to clarify. I'm skeptical of anyone who states they're okay with working 70-80 hrs unless they've actually done that for a few years already. I worked 50-60 hour weeks for a year and that was enough for me to realize I need a work/life balance to not be miserable. That said, I'm even more skeptical (and actually entertained) when I hear that comment from someone who hasn't even worked 40 hour weeks for more than a summer, much less the full 70-80 they're saying will be fine. This is even more true when it's coming from a college student who hasn't maintained a serious relationship yet or had to consider how their work schedule may affect their future spouse or family.
I feel pretty strongly about serving the poor so I guess the only people I feel ''differently'' about are those who were born into privilege, stayed privileged all through school and entered their first jobs as an intern, so still privileged. That's all fine except when this set-up results in having a doctor who really cannot understand his/her poorer patients and/or lacks interest in gaining that understanding. I'm all for pre-meds working some ****ty job for a little while and having to support themselves if it minimizes this issue at all.