DD announced she wants to be a dr

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Anonymous wrote:Did she also specify which school she wants? Harvard or Stanford? The costs are bit different.

Or a med school like UVA vs Harvard

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Damn! I guess I'm off the hook because my preschooler just said "I never want to get a job. When I grow up I just want you to take care of me while I stay home."

That takes a load off my back...

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If DD is still passionate about medicine in 15 years than maybe you could convince her to go into nursing. If she likes that and does well than consider MD. If she wants to be an MD then she can find a way to pay for it. That is her incentive.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergarten son doesn't want to go to college or ever move out. So no use saving for his college.

Yep, same here.

She has said the only way she would consider getting her own place is if I move with her and we live together forever. So I don't have to save for retirement.

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Anonymous wrote:If DD is still passionate about medicine in 15 years than maybe you could convince her to go into nursing. If she likes that and does well than consider MD. If she wants to be an MD then she can find a way to pay for it. That is her incentive.

Yes, and if your son wants to be an engineer, please first convince him to be a mechanic. If he excels at that, let him consider engineering.

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Yes, and if your son wants to be an engineer, please first convince him to be a mechanic. If he excels at that, let him consider engineering.


hahaha, love you PP.

This is also like being a legal admin before going to be a lawyer. I did this, and if everyone did this there'd be no lawyers.

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Study and practice all the STEM subjects. This would be my recommendations for all Americans but particularly girls, and particularly girls who profess to want to be doctors.

Agree with PP who said major in a STEM subject. Remember a major only needs to be 30 hours of the 120 hours you need to graduate, so you can still take classes in poetry, underwater basketweaving, human sexuality, whatevs.

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Mine DD in Kindy wants to be the grocery store checker lady. Also Cinderella.

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Anonymous wrote:Study and practice all the STEM subjects. This would be my recommendations for all Americans but particularly girls, and particularly girls who profess to want to be doctors.

Agree with PP who said major in a STEM subject. Remember a major only needs to be 30 hours of the 120 hours you need to graduate, so you can still take classes in poetry, underwater basketweaving, human sexuality, whatevs.

Actually, the thing to do is to major in any of those "whatever" majors (poetry, fine arts, european studies, etc) and then fill all your electives with the bio, chem, physics, etc. Because you want the STEM classes to help you prepare for the MCATs but the fru fru or worthless major makes you look interesting and sets you apart from all the STEM majors.

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Have her join the military and let them pay for med school. We live in a military town and lots of the doctors here took that route.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, and if your son wants to be an engineer, please first convince him to be a mechanic. If he excels at that, let him consider engineering.


hahaha, love you PP.

This is also like being a legal admin before going to be a lawyer. I did this, and if everyone did this there'd be no lawyers.

But becoming an engineer or a lawyer doesn't require years and years of study, tuition, supplies, etc. An MD profession is a huge investment. Although a lawyer and engineer do require extensive learning, it's not as costly as an MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, and if your son wants to be an engineer, please first convince him to be a mechanic. If he excels at that, let him consider engineering.


hahaha, love you PP.

This is also like being a legal admin before going to be a lawyer. I did this, and if everyone did this there'd be no lawyers.

But becoming an engineer or a lawyer doesn't require years and years of study, tuition, supplies, etc. An MD profession is a huge investment. Although a lawyer and engineer do require extensive learning, it's not as costly as an MD.

Uhh... what?? A J.D. costs hundreds of thousands of dollars now, guy, and law is overall less lucrative than medicine.

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It is much easier to get a well paying job in engineering, consulting or business with an actual hard sciences degree, rather than just dabbling in a few classes but majoring in English.

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Also nobody ever hired me because I was interesting.

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Has anyone had any experience with the military paying for their med school tuition? How does this work?