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As a retired doctor, might I make the following suggestion? I would do a 4-year nursing degree and maintain a 3.4 -grade point average. I had many nurses in my medical class, and I'm sure they're even more now. The reason I would do this is that if you don't make it into medical school, which is quite common, you can always do an online 2-year nurse practitioner degree with this degree. You will be out in 6 years making $250,000 a year or about 60% of a doctor's salary while doing many of the same things. The fact is, if I had a do-over, this is exactly what I would do. Getting a medical degree, going to medical school residency, and practice is like a “knife fight in a ditch.” It can be brutal. A nurse practitioner is not treated in a competitive fashion and is more welcomed by the medical community. Go figure. You can do the online degree while working the night shift in the unit, in essence doing double duty and shortening your time. As nurse practitioner...

My blog on Solomon's investing advice  My tools to study and follow the market. #1 Google zacks and make a shortcut to phone #2 create a Portfolio by joining now. #3 Sign in the created account. #4 click menu then portfolio #5  Create Portfolio of your stocks and watch list. Eg #6 eg this is my portfolio. 1 is a strong buy. 5 is a strong sell. #7 My watch portfolio. #8 Click on the ticker name to read articles on each stock.  #9 I use Google Finance to track my wife and my portfolio. #10 make a portfolio for you and your wife as well as a watch list. I put Zack's watchlist here as well. #11 I transcribe my Schwab stocks here so as to avoid having to sign in too often to schwab. I'm security conscience. #12 you don't have to precisely copy your broker buys. I just average to an approximate date.