<p>“Are you saying that UT affiliated medical schools give preference to kids who went to a UT school (UTA, UT-Austin, UT-Dallas). If that is the case, I am pretty sure that is not true.”</p>
<p>Well I beg to differ. </p>
<p>Granted, the guy was not about to say it outright, but I guarantee you he said that there is favoritism towards UT System grads.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t there be? Why not take a few extra grads from your own “feeder institutions” (yes I am well aware that there are no direct relationships, but they are still all in the UT System) to make them look better?</p>
<p>This was said directly to my face in a one on one conversation with a past adcom member. Argue all you want, but I’m telling you that’s what he said.</p>
<p>Again, there’s not going to be any “data” to support something like this, and there’s not going to be some overwhelmingly blatant tendency to accept UT grads over others, but there is, without a doubt, at least a little bit of favoritism towards UT grads. Probably not much, but hell, every bit counts.</p>