Medicine is an odd one. You need a bachelors + md + residency + possibly a fellowship to start practicing. Those are all competitive too. The residency will pa

Medicine is an odd one. You need a bachelors + md + residency + possibly a fellowship to start practicing. Those are all competitive too. The residency will pay but only a little, and 4 years of medical school and living expenses will add up in living costs. So yes, if your parents are wealthy and willing to pay for it or it is the most important thing in life to do then medicine is the way to go. Or you can go to a boring tech company and save about 50k/year for 10-15 years. This will be enough to achieve financial independence on and it will be possible to retire right when you would be beginning to practice medicine. This is all only with a bachelors from a state school no extra-curricular or mcat stressing is necessary. Also Medicine is not 100% and accidentally killing someone can get your license taken away. Done goof and break production you get a talking to and at worst fired but can probably find a new job shortly.