Originally Posted by
bampilot06
For the doctors here, my buddy is an anesthesiologist, he said that the top 5 percent of every class becomes dermatologists because it’s easy and pays the most. Thoughts?
He wasn’t top 5 percent.
Not true. Elite med students get pulled in multiple directions depending on their motivations, which include humanitarian concerns and intellectual passions, in addition to money and prestige. In general, the better the school, the more students go into academic careers, which can pay well, but are anything but easy.