For medicine, is there really a need to attend a private university for all four years?

<p>Thank you very much! </p>

<p>I’m leaning towards Dartmouth at the moment. However, I just found some data for their medical school admissions: <a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nss/nav/pages/school/Med%20School%20MSAR%20Summary/MSAR%20Summaries%202012-13/MedSchoolFactSummary12-13.html”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nss/nav/pages/school/Med%20School%20MSAR%20Summary/MSAR%20Summaries%202012-13/MedSchoolFactSummary12-13.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For Texas medical schools, DC students seem to not do so well… But maybe this has to do with only a few people applying? What do you think about these stats; in general, are they good? </p>