@merc81
I’d also like to point out that the whole notion of “top-ranked med school” is pretty debatable. The US News methodology for determining rankings is seriously flawed.
Most of the determination is made using criteria that has zero to do with the quality of a school’s undergraduate medical education. For example, 40% of a school’s rank depends upon the amount research funding they receive. Research funding does not affect the quality of medical instruction. Researchers don’t teach the med students and the vast majority of med students do not have the time or inclination to get involved in wet lab research. Perceived quality (30%-40% of a school’s rank) was determined by survey responses–of which only 63% (less than 2/3rd) were returned. (NOTE that there is no quality control to determine who actually filled out the surveys. It could have been done by anyone who works in the admission office or a residency PD’s secretary.)
US News publishes rankings because it sells subscriptions and generates hits to its website, not because they are providing any kind of useful data.
There are other med schools rankings available that use a more defensible methodology.
I will also point out the that the perceived prestige of a medical school has very little to do with how its grads match into residency. (See: [Results of the 2018 NRMP Program Director Survey](https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/NRMP-2018-Program-Director-Survey-for-WWW.pdf))