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<p>It came from reading numerous posts from you over the years lamenting how you only got a couple of interviews/acceptances despite having to work really hard at Cornell and how many of your med school classmates managed to coast through CUNY’s with minimal effort. Your implication was that you expected the Cornell name to somehow boost you over much of the applicant pool.</p>
<p>There are so many people from Top 20 colleges at top med schools that attending Cornell isn’t going to make you stand out. In fact, 70% of my med school graduating class attended a Top 20 university as defined by US News. Attending a top college is almost necessary but not sufficient for getting an acceptance to a top med school. 90% of admissions is still up to the individual. The fact you couldn’t score interviews to top med schools despite excellent numbers from Cornell does not mean that Cornell is not respected or is deficient as a premed school. It is an indictment of your application because I know many people, myself included, who received a lot of solid interviews.</p>