Sure, the majority gets into medicine rather quickly. I have yet to meet an engineer of any domain to actually wait longer than mandatory civil or military serv

Sure, the majority gets into medicine rather quickly. I have yet to meet an engineer of any domain to actually wait longer than mandatory civil or military service. My impression has always been that the average med student is more dedicated than the average engineering student (I am the latter, met quite a few of the former before I started university). And that dedication starts years before going to university, simply because the entry barriers are so much higher.