I dropped out after my first year (an expensive lesson, public med schools or not). Over the past two decades, several physicians have said to me (some form of

I dropped out after my first year (an expensive lesson, public med schools or not). Over the past two decades, several physicians have said to me (some form of) "that makes you smarter than me, then." I always remind them that there is no amount of money that can accommodate the sacrifices made just to diagnose somebody. No amount of money/status would make me re-do/go-back.