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why i am getting the felling that either the guy is selfish or the wife doesnt want to live with FIL and that is the reason she feels it is best for her to move back to canada.
for some reason this plan sounds somewhat fishy and ridiculous.
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what part is fishy? and why ridiculous? thats what i am trying to understand about our culture's mentality ..
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it has nothing to do with cultural mentality. if the guy was accepted in med school, it would have been differet but here, he just has this plan? what if this plan doesnt workout? do they have a plan b, anyback up?
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but ofcourse it does. I dont know about their plan b but they are not dummies jumping into something blindly. You can only really take that kind of a jump though if you truly believe in your abilities to suceed. why go through life in the other aspect, in a field where he knows he will never get as far? in this case, what if they still kept trying with the options of other schools or programs? but obviously plan A, is to getting in, through hard work and dedication, nothing is ever guarenteed ofcourse but thats whats theyre going there to pursue. but why does he have to settle with a "what if" all through out life if he doesnt take that chance? what i dont understand is why, this type of dedication wouldnt be considered admirable, but yet fishy and stupid? or for that matter, irresponsible and selfish. it is taking just as much courage and strength to make it happen.
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Who financed his MBA?
Don't know the specifics to that.
I suspect it would have been one of his dad's "really bad financial decisions". Just a guess.
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Oh wow, speechless. The guy hasn't even studied/prepped to even apply to med school and he is going to uproot everything. It would make a whole lot more sense if the guy had prepped for MCATs, completed the test, applied to a bunch of school USA and Canada and then moved where he got in. His move to Canada makes no sense. There is nothing there except of course his in-laws and supposedly the wife will get her super high paying old job back. As a 30 year old man with a wife, father and grandmother he really should have a plan in place and what you have told us is not a plan. I agree with others it is selfish on his and his wife's part.
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the story don't add up. I was right. Its the wife
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hmmmm, i dont think ill write anymore paragraphs about it but i guess if you dont know these people and their struggles, it wont make a lot sense anyway. i guess i just find it surprising how pessimistic people are for them, or in general for a scenario like this.
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dude go to Caribbean/SA, and get a degree.. its cheap I heard :$ plus no MCAT ..
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There's a reason many Canadians themselves go to the US or Caribbean for med school... Just sayin'.
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hmmmm, i dont think ill write anymore paragraphs about it but i guess if you dont know these people and their struggles, it wont make a lot sense anyway. i guess i just find it surprising how pessimistic people are for them, or in general for a scenario like this.
You asked for advice and people gave it. It's not being pessimistic, it's called being realistic.