@JHS I 100% agree with you. It astounds me to think that someone who is even thinking of applying to med school couldn’t look at the well-known, posted, stats and not figure out their odds regardless of which college they go to. They can opt to try or not.
Gatekeeping is solely in favor of the college who wants to attract students with their “great acceptance rates.” That’s where there’s a smokescreen. Jr goes there because “90% of their pre-meds get accepted!” not realizing that some never got a chance because of the school or that many of those 90% ended up in the Caribbean or any other way numbers can be adjusted.
Plenty willingly divert from being pre-med for oodles of reasons. That’s not even related to this discussion. We’re solely talking about those who apply (or want to) and are/aren’t accepted.
And the OP just needs to figure out which type of school they are in and if they would get support. They need to talk with their Pre-Health department specifically for that.