Your exact quote:
“But older reports suggest 80%+ of freshmen who want med school get weeded out of their dreams at some colleges.”
Do you have any objective data to support this?
You also wrote:
“The colleges report number of applicants who get an admit to one of their top 3 med school choices.”
Do you have a citation for this?
I’d suggest you check the link I provided; the number of applicants and matriculants was supplied by AAMC, not individual colleges.
I addressed these issues b/c you brought them up. It’s an internet board where anybody can say anything, but it’s entirely unproductive to issue unsubstantiated opinions, which is clearly what the 80% figure is.
Pre-med is tough, but there’s no reason to exaggerate how tough.