Secondly, the large majority of students who start university thinking “premed” end up doing something else. Some forms of “something else” are biomedical related, some are not.
This is more likely what I think I will end up doing, not necessarily being a doctor. I’d say, like your daughter, I am more interested in the research aspect (ex physician scientist). I did forget to mention this in my original post, but I there is a bigger chance I will not end up going down the med school route, hence not really factoring cost into my decision because there’s a decent chance I won’t go to med school. That said, I do realize cost would become a much bigger consideration if I do end up pursuing it, since I do still have some interest.