<p>None of the UT System Medical Schools are specifically affiliated with any Universities. It’s more of just a network that all co-mingles. </p>
<p>How do I know? I work there and have done tons of reading.</p>
<p>The biggest reason so many kids from the UT’s get into UT Med schools is because of our top 10% rule for undergraduate admission. If you’re in the top 10% of your high school, you are guaranteed to get into any UT you want. So many of the brightest students go there by default, whether for financial reasons or whatever else.</p>
<p>I think several of the top ten kids in my graduating class went to UTD because it was right down the street from my high school. </p>
<p>They also are under the same government umbrella, so the UT med schools have a natural preference towards UT system kids, ESPECIALLY those who are URM’s. There are lots of them. </p>
<p>UTSW has such a high mean GPA because their classes are Texas residents for the vast majority. That means those that come from outside are the creme de la creme of the applicant pool, and usually had something really awesome going on to get them in.</p>
<p>But trust me when I say UTSW loves UT system grads, it came straight from the mouth of a member on the admissions committee whom I spoke to face to face. They know the curriculum, and they know how it’s taught, and they probably even have some influence on it.</p>