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<p>Cool story, bro.</p>
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<p>Yes, you’re right, but calm down.</p>
<p>The real important part of your argument is this:
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<p>It’s not even so much that the school name shows you can do the work, and far more that the the individuals capable of getting accepted to top notch schools typically have the inherent intelligence, work ethic, talent at standardized tests, ability to excel at EC’s and willingness to put up with the ******** of competitive admissions needed to get into medical school. There are plenty of students at no-name undergrads who possess those same traits, many of whom have acceptances to those high prestige schools but choose to go elsewhere. </p>
<p>In the end, the school you choose does play a role in your ability to get into med school. But it’s no where near the level that most people believe it matters. There are some schools that excel in advising and can get less qualified applicants in through smart decisions, there are some schools that fail at the basics and don’t put qualified applicants into the schools they should. But overall, it’s far more on the characteristics of the individual than anything else.</p>