[Consultant32452]

Anecdotally I have some involvement in a private school here in the US that caters to foreign exchange students from China. These are the cream of the crop with the best education from wealthy backgrounds and are highly intelligent. NONE of them plan on becoming doctors. Every single one of them is going to business school because doctors are paid relatively shit compared to what they will make on the business side. And being a doctor is itself a relatively high paying gig. The idea that the difference between $2 million and $20 million isn't going to impact the life choices of the greatest minds in the world is lunacy.

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Yes, the prospect of making big money attracts/motivate certain kinds of very smart people. But if your goal in life is to make gazillions of $, why would you want to become a doctor? This is the wrong job. And if you want to become a doctor in China, why would you want to come to the US to study? It makes more sense for business. And the good news is that to become a doctor, while you do need to be smart, there's no need to be the cream of the crop in intelligence or wealth.