And at 28 or 34 or 41 you might discover that you are an entirely different person, and you'll transition out of dentistry into something else. Or you might never become as dimensionalized of an individual who risked it all to explore the world, your other passions, to get the kind of self-actualization that money can never buy. I feel bad for writing this, but I guess I can get disappointed with the competitive mentality of pre-dents (not you personally, by the way. I know you weren't throwing a bomb. That you were just trying to be cute or funny. This reaction isn't targeted at you, it's just a general response to the more cynical attitude I sometimes see out there. I was browsing the pre-med boards for some organic tips and general inspiration (the "calling" of medicine is slightly different that the decision-making process pre-dental students often go through, which can help feed the discipline we all need to constantly find), and maybe it was imagination, but everyone seemed more friendly, more willing to help their fellow pre-health brothers out in the long, long journey. Maybe I'm totally wrong -- there are definitely a lot of great people in the dental forums. Just an observation that may be faulty.