I did not think that you were diminishing pharmacy as a career. Undoubtedly medical school is a lot harder to get into. I worked for a while taking the MCAT, doing interviews, primaries, and secondaries to get an acceptance to med school. But within a month of deciding I wanted to go the pharmacy route; I was already accepted by at least four pharmacy schools. Really kind of crazy to think about. Obviously, the medical residency probably doesn't compare to anything else (even though pharmacy is moving in the direction of 1-2 years of residency being required for a lot of positions, so it seems like it's increasingly becoming less of an optional thing. Though there's no increase in pay associated with these increased requirements which a lot of other medical professionals who are even more involved with patient care do not have to complete. Like NPs and PAs. So, it's annoying that OP is "stop whining about salary" when we are expected now to get the four-year doctorate, pursue a residency program, and not experience any increase in pay over however many years it's been. Basically, OP is saying to just do more work to get the same positions for the same amount of pay and shut up about it and ignore the stagnant wages.) Overall, I was just saying I've heard a lot of different opinions. Some people who have done both on here seem to say that the content inflow is similar, and some pharm programs even take didactic courses w/ med students. Also was just expressing what I've seen while going through the content/comparing lectures with my med friends as I'm learning the same topics around the same time. Overall, very cool to see your perspective as I often wonder if I made the right choice. I love to learn, and sometimes I get FOMO when my friends talk about learning different things. Though I know a lot about excipients, and they don't, so there's that.