It is a given that a 3.0 and 505 MCAT for Harvard student does not still get them into a medical school under normal conditions.
It is a given that that candidate won’t get into a medical school with research either.
Now add 3 years of social service in peace corps, a fulbright scholarship and may be some other big things, suddenly that person now went to Harvard and is a Fulbright scholar who volunteereed in peace corps deserving to be in medical school.