<p>High schools in the US don’t do enough career exposure for students. If you went just on what college freshmen came in majoring to start off, you’d think that the only possibilities in this world were doctor, lawyer, teacher, nurse, “business person” or engineer. </p>
<p>I’d say that only about 15 to 20% of the people who start out pre-med actually ever apply to med school. Only about 1/2 of those people will get accepted. But once you’re in, the graduation rates for med school are over >98%. </p>
<p>Law school admissions are very different, and the failure/quit rates are certainly higher.</p>