<p>^I wouldn’t think so. Many students do it and still get into top med schools. All you have to do is get good grades in any med related classes you take, score highly on the MCAT’s, and dedicate lots of time to research. If I were on an admissions committee for med school, I’d take a kid whose shown his dedication to medicine through doing actual research as opposed to a kid who just decided to do pre-med. Anyway, by the mere fact that you’re applying to med school and implicitly agree to go through the hell that it will be shows that you’re dedicated to medicine.</p>