<p>You’re making a large number of faculty assumptions, including</p>
<p>1) equating number of applicants with the quality of the preparation (Bigger schools produce larger numbers of med school applicants simply because they have more students.)</p>
<p>2) medical schools have significantly different quality (Harvard is alot better than a “third tier” med school. There is no such thing as a “third tier” medical school. Unlike undergrad, medical school education is fairly standardized and there aren’t the big disparities among programs like there is at the undergrad level.)</p>
<p>3) the coursework required for med school admission is fairly low level introductory courses that are widely available at every college</p>
<p>4) the difficulty/quality of those intro level classes is going to depend a great deal upon the individual instructor. You can have a terrible in instructor at top tier school and a great instructor at a low ranked college.</p>
<p>5) colleges published acceptance rates actually mean something</p>
<p>Please read this thread first:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1122176-bluedevilmikes-ten-step-guide-picking-premed-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1122176-bluedevilmikes-ten-step-guide-picking-premed-school.html</a></p>
<p>RE: medical school acceptance rates from various undergrad are meaningless </p>
<p>To see why, read this thread: </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1484178-if-you-high-school-please-read-before-posting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1484178-if-you-high-school-please-read-before-posting.html</a></p>