Half a million in debt is scary. Especially if you have any doubts that you can match and make it through residency at the end. It's even scarier if you come from a family making $50k/yr.
The average med school debt is half that and only 30% of borrowers end up owning $300k or more.
Fewer than 1% of us med school graduates never find a slot. And that includes people who start families, move into industry etc and voluntarily leave.
The bottleneck is residency slots not med school slots.
Right, because they are paying for it out of pocket