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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry but we just need to go back to basics. Test scores and grades. Yes prepping for tests is an “advantage” but also shows commitment and in reality only gets you so far. No one seems to complain about the GRE or the Bar exam. Eventually life is not about how “special” you are but how you can perform. Your boss is not going to keep you around if you can’t meet your numbers because you are first generation or do volunteer work. [/quote]

Here's the thing, T25 schools are not admitting students who are struggling.  Have they had their graduation rates drop significantly?   Likewise the boss isn't going to keep around a student with stellar grades who cannot work well with a team of people and cannot recognize that everyone on the team has something to contribute/their area of expertise.

Yes I think the bar exam is important (it's nothing like the GRE equivalent), just like passing medical boards/exams are important.  But you know what, once you Pass either of those, I don't really care what your score was or if you scored 10 points (or whatever amount) higher than someone else.  I care about your on the job performance.  So for a doctor, I care that you don't make mistakes but also about how you treat the patient and listen to them, how you treat the nurses and rest of the medical team on staff.  So you could have an extremely high medical board score (don't know the exact terms), but if you cannot apply it to real life situations, cannot listen to the patient and delve deep to help find the real issues and solve the problems, and if you suck at bedside manner, I don't want you on my team.  I want the highly educated, board passing but just barely, doctor who is willing to continue to learn daily, who is willing to listen to the patient and who treats the nurses, radiologists, and all medical staff with respect and who is a team player for treating patients.

Get over it, T25 schools are not accepting dumb kids who struggle to attend.  They are still selecting really bright, smart motivated students.  The universities have just realized that test scores/grades are NOT the be all end all indicator of someone being successful in life.  
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