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I'd like to be clear to a prior PP that I am absolutely certain my family was of a lower social class than theirs was. Unless you also feel through a tired floor in your bedroom and had an outhouse instead of indoor plumbing, that is.

I'm one of those pediatricians who stupidly tries to avoid in-clinic procedures on kids if I can, despite the fact that I could be billing much higher.[/quote]

And how did you pay for med school?

The military is an option, but the physical cutoff is actually quite challenging. [/quote]

Scholarship and a combined degree program where I could teach in my graduate field for a tuition waiver.

Why do you ask?[/quote]

So you got an MD/PhD, sure that’s one way to pay for it. But for most students that a huge long shot. [/quote]

Why are you saying things that you know nothing about?  
It’s not a huge long shot.  It’s a huge time commitment and a ton of work and it usually doesn’t make any financial sense if you run the numbers.  4 years of medical school tuition is less than 4-5 years of attending physician salary that you are losing while getting your PhD.  
Only really dedicated people go this route.  
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I have a PhD, and I came from a pot background, so I went to school with a lot of MD/PhD.  And yes those people are like me: doing a job because of a calling and giving up monetary gains because they would make more money in other routes. And yes it doesn’t make as much monetary sense, but as a poor student you don’t run the risk of ending up with six figure debt and unable to pay  (if for some reason you have divert from medical career).  But they are fiercely competitive, best of the best rather than run of mill doctor.

This thread is about run of the mill doctors and how current doctors think it’s a terrible career, and many of us who work in other fields pointing out how privileged they are and are unaware how “regular” corporate jobs work now.[/quote]

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