<p>I think it’s a poor idea for the OP to give up on mom now and decide now to pay for college on his own. That’s the worst-case outcome we are trying to avoid. I think the best you can do is say you want to major in applied math or similar because you think you can do well at it and show statistics about med school admissions for math majors. Perhaps that will satisfy mom for now. Make sure you get some job skills soon so that you will be in a better position to finish your degree if your family relationship breaks off over this. </p>
<p>You should call your family’s bluff. Hey, life is one big poker game. Tell them you will not go to college and will be working at McDonald next year if you don’t get to study what you want. </p>
<p>My radiologist does live in Mumbai. Better turnaround times, lower costs, win-win for everyone except the radiologist in the US whose job got outsourced.</p>
<p>“I don’t think it’s productive to keep telling the OP to smile and ignore parents until their free ride liberates them when there’s no been indication that OP will qualify for a full ride.”
-The OP indicated that she would have to re-pay any support. If she does not get anything from parents, then she will have to apply for some loans. The fact is - parents are not paying, which is another stumble in the Med. School road, soooo expansive if you have both UG and Med. School loans. Basically OP admitted that parents have no financial leverage over OP. But anyway, NOBODY can force anybody into Medical field, way way too torturous even for the ones who are personally committed, I cannot imagine doing something like this without personal commitment.
But besides, forget leverage or other aspects, apparently, no matter what OP says it will be controversial / argumentive in her family eyes. So, why agravate the situation? The non-argumentive reply simply DOES NOT exist, just keep your mouth shut and make sure that your face has a happy mask.</p>
<p>I think it’s quite likely that the OP’s parents are bluffing when they say she has to repay her parents for the amount they spend on college. I guess the idea is you tell your kids that so they (somehow) are motivated to work harder? I think it’s the new thing to do in Asian households.</p>
<p>Last time I checked, they employ financial professionals in medical centers all over. Start off doing a double major in Bio and Finance (or whatever). You may change…mom may change. In the meantime, you set yourself up well either way.</p>
<p>I think that it’s a bad idea and dishonest to do anything that even suggests that compliance is forthcoming. </p>
<p>-The OP indicated that she would have to re-pay any support. If she does not get anything from parents, then she will have to apply for some loans. The fact is - parents are not paying." </p>
<p>Evidently the OP cannot afford to pay now. There are tons of threads on this site explaining that college students are not eligible to borrow that much money. The parents are paying. Paying back is not the same as paying now. </p>
<p>Medicine and pharmaceuticals are a huge business. There are plenty of ways to be involved as a business-oriented major without seeing patients.</p>