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I know I'm not a medical student, so that's my caveat.
I don't believe in the whole "my friends are all enjoying life in their 20's, making bank, etc - I'm missing out on life."
There are only a limited number of jobs out there that actually have high social prestige and decent monetary compensation out there.
Every job has sacrifices. For example:
For law, it's law school + the bar exam + climbing the ladder.
For medical school, it's medical school + residency.
For finance, it's a lifelong path of competition of climbing the corporate ladder.
I don't believe there is a job out there where you can relax and have fun throughout your 20's and then suddenly by age 40, you're suddenly making decent amount of money, have a job that people respect, etc.
Have you never heard of PA school? There are plenty of jobs/careers where you can relax and have fun throughout your 20s and then by age 40, make some decent amount of money. Depending on where you live, even teaching meets that criteria. I know a high school science teacher up north who makes $80,000 a year. Not six figures, but close, and with three months of the year off, not to mention Christmas vacation, spring break, and all federal holidays.
You apply the same logic - we should tell high schoolers to not study for their classes and SATs because they're missing out on the prime teenage years of their lives.
Wow, that analogy couldn't be more off. Comparing the amount of time it took for high school and SAT studying with the amount of time people dump into med school and board studying? I don't even know how to reply to it it's so ridiculous.