<p>No I didn’t. I showed it specifically for gen. phys. while still leaving room in which I said specialties could apply but the debt/time factors would be adjusted. </p>
<p>And thats not the best case scenario for accounting. You could make much more in a “best case scenario.” Thats the situation of a given student doing both career paths. In other words, ever think that if a kid who was smart enough to be a successful doctor went into accounting he would be just as successful? FACT: A lot of really smart, driven people choose to be doctors. FACT: Fewer really smart, driven people choose to study accounting. Ever think that has something to do with how much the “median range” of accounting majors make? If all the would-be doctors went into accounting, a ton of them would be making gen phys money. My Big 4 salary numbers are not off. The problem with accounting salary data is they almost always get booked in with bookkeepers with a high school diploma or AA only. This obviously skews the numbers. Those are very good ballpark numbers for a Big 4 accountant. You may say not all people in accounting get into Big 4. Yeah, but the kids who could be doctors sure would.</p>
<p>Point being, you have to think of it as the same kid doing both professions. Not person A with a 4.0 in Bio vs. person B with a 3.5 in accg. And don’t give me that “the bio major might not be good at accg even though hes good at bio” nonsense. We all know most of college work and comprehension of something is a lot more related to hard work, memorizing, and motivation than it is natural comprehension. </p>
<p>So no, I’m not showing “the money you make in the best case working as an accountant to the money you make in the worst case as a doctor.” I’m showing what the same driven, smart student would make in both professions. AND I’M NOT SAYING ACCOUNTING MAKES WAY MORE MONEY THAN MEDICINE! The point was made by someone that medicine was the be all end all in high dollar careers and all I’m showing is that if you look at it sensibly over a long period of time thats not really the case.</p>
<p>I’m not really sure why we’re arguing this when its unrelated to the OP’s question?</p>