Yes, clearly it is a problem that only the rich are able to have the resources to get ahead. But this is a much bigger problem than who's able to become a docto

Yes, clearly it is a problem that only the rich are able to have the resources to get ahead. But this is a much bigger problem than who's able to become a doctor and who's not, it has to do (imo) with the greater issues of society, like new parents being unable to provide high quality preschool education, mom and dad still working when kids are teenagers and need attention and guidance, and so on. I'm a fan of quasi-socialistic, progressive-taxing to ensure everyone gets the resources. I'm from a brown immigrant family. Brown/Asian immigrants seem to be exceptions everywhere, in that they're usually poor starting out and still persevere and make it through medical schools and whatever else. My family now is doing quite okay, but is probably still below the average residency student's family. The way it looks to me (anecdata), the average residency student's family has a household income of 1mil+. My family's household income is barely 200k, so make of that what you will.