Re: Truism #1
Your counter example for Jefferson–you don’t know if the Jefferson list is a ranked list. It doesn’t say and it certainly isn’t clear from the way the information is presented. At best you can say: for Jefferson Medical College–some consideration is given for what undergrad a student attend.
( BTW, This could just mean that Jefferson favors students from the area–which it clearly does since Jeff has a contract with the State of Delaware to provide X seats in its med school for Delaware residents.
BTW, most medical schools, public and private–at least those outside of the top tier-- favor local residents because they are more likely to enroll than students from someplace farther away. Medical schools do consider the likelihood of a student enrolling when issuing interview invitations because they have a large number of applicants, but a comparatively small number of interview slots.This is the reason why Texas applicants often find it difficult to get OOS interviews. Adcomm know from past experience that TX applicants will probably choose a TX school due its Lowe costs.)
Also the context of this question that students typically ask about is it better to go to a Ivy League or a state U.
RE; Trusim #2
Research isn’t the deciding factor for most medical schools. Research is nice to have but isn’t critical for mission-oriented medical schools. (i.e. most state medical schools, plus strongly mission oriented medical schools such as HBCU and Puerto Rican medical schools, as well as religiously oriented med schools.
A survey of adcomms showed that research was ranked as being of “medium importance”
See p. 16 https://www.aamc.org/system/files/c/1/498250-usingmcatdatain2020medstudentselection.pdf
Additionally, the MSQ for entering med students in 2019 only 58.9% of students reported engaging in college laboratory research programs.
See also AMCAS new Anatomy of
RE: Truism #3.
I agree that pre-requistite course varies a great deal among schools with most school migrating towards competency based admissions that eliminates requirements for specific coursework and medical schools do, in some cases, provide for alternative pathways for establishing competency.
See
University of Michigan’s requirements for academic competencies in subject areas: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/core-competencies/
Oakland Beaumont SOM : https://oakland.edu/medicine/admissions/admissions-process-and-requirements/requirements
Duke SOM: https://medschool.duke.edu/education/student-services/office-admissions/admissions-faqs
Keck SOM: https://keck.usc.edu/education/md-program/admissions/information/
UVA: https://med.virginia.edu/admissions/application-process/general-requirements/
Tulane: https://medicine.tulane.edu/admissions/application-process/faqs
Stanford SOM https://med.stanford.edu/md-admissions/how-to-apply/academic-requirements.html
NYU: https://med.nyu.edu/education/md-degree/md-admissions/admissions-requirements