@ucbalumnus I’ve always thought that myself, but ironically, the data shows that the amount of medical school debt isn’t as strong a factor in specialty choice as one would think. Whether it’s the fact that students with over 250k in debt are still 0.9x as likely to choose primary care as people with no debt (http://macyfoundation.org/docs/macy_pubs/pub_grahamcenterstudy.pdf) or students’ own opinions about how much debt influenced their choice. Only 27% of students surveyed said it was a moderate or strong factor in their choice. Contrast that with “personality fit” or “specialty content”, where 98% say that those were moderate or strong factors. (http://www.amednews.com/article/20130311/profession/130319978/4/)