[tribesman]

>Because who in their right mind wants to sacrifice 16 years of earning potential, take on 500K of debt only to become an MD with long work days and now prices that are fixed with no other form of negotiation leverage in sight.

Asians/Indians make most MDs in the US because being a doctor is valued a lot in their communities even if you've infinite debt, you still get respect.

Second, most doctors come from doctor families. They've already transversed the path once, and their kids can reuse the knowledge and connections.

So yea, my father is MD and he can easily support 16 years of MD education for me. If you don't have a family with similar resources, obviously either you can take debt which comes with enourmose stress/worries which decrease your chance to complete or not compete at all!

Individualistic people aren't going to find it easier to compete with community backed people.

[selimthegrim]

What if you want to do something your community doesn’t value?

[tribesman]

Then the community does not value you untill you achieve success in the said profession. So it's very risky. Most guys don't choose it because then you've to hide in all family gatherings....