<p>^Junior is a year when they think hard about college and potential major, at least those who plan on college. There is a financial risk for most families, that needs to be minimized as much as possible. Yes, it takes some people 7+ years to graduate from college. Most are trying to avoid this and think a bit ahead. Frankly, my kids started thinking in middle school (13 -14 y o). It saved the whole family lots of trouble and huge amount of dough. Others with unlimited resources might say “either become a doctor or not”, we have tried hard to avoid it and not only in connection to medicine.
There are other ways though, correct. the oldest in D’s medical school class was 46 y o when he (or maybe she) started at Med. School. If you want to do this, I would say, this door is open for every hard working person. One thing though, cannot avoid hard work.</p>