If the HYPSM kind of school you are referring to is by any chance Princeton, then think it over multiple times.
It can practically end your path to medicine because of grade deflation and cut throat competition. If medicine is not necessarily your top and only priority, then it doesn’t matter.
Few years ago a student opted REMS over MIT (probably 2016). You may want to refer to that year’s results thread and private message to get a feedback and hopefully he/she may respond timely (but if you are a new member, then need 15 posts on the forum before you can private message anyone. If you are hard pressed for time and really need to bump up your posts count, post some messages without much substance here or another thread 