<p>UTSW is the flagship school of the UT med school system which might explain why some would think it’s affiliated with UT Austin but it has no affiliation to it or to UTD.</p>
<p>UTSW is the only med school between the Mississippi River and California ranked in the top twenty in both USNWR rankings and their stock is rising.</p>
<p>Science Watch ranks academic institutions (all institutions of higher education, not just academic medical centers) by the impact of the scientific papers of their respective faculties. </p>
<p>There are nine subdivisions. UTSW does not have academic programs that would contribute to three of those subdivisions: agricultural sciences, plant and animal sciences or environment/ecology…of the remaining six subdivisions, UT Southwestern is in the top ten in four subdivisions and ranked #1 in two.</p>
<p>There are only three schools that rank in the top 10 of those same subdivisions: UT Southwestern, Harvard and the University of California at San Francisco.</p>
<p>It would necessitate URM status to get into UTSW with a 3.25 even with a good MCAT…3.5 and strong MCAT certainly would improve your friend’s chances though like others, still think that she would be a better applicant at others schools in the system like Texas Tech if her GPA is between 3.25 and 3.5. Without URM status her GPA really needs to be above 3.5 with a strong MCAT and strong overall resume to be a good candidate for UTSW.</p>