<p>If your dream is to become a Pediatrician, go for it. Make sure you speak the language of the country you’ll be going to. If you speak Spanish, then Costa Rica comes to mind. You’ll be a privileged person when you come back: U.S. citizen that speaks English and has a Medical degree. One of the main difficulties for foreign doctors is that they don’t speak English well enough to pass the boards not that they don’t know their medicine. It might be difficult to get a residency, but it will be 100 times less so than actually getting accepted to a Medical school here. If you decide to do so, make your decision early: don’t wait to finish college and get a masters degree before realizing that there is no room at the inn.</p>