Why is HPME more prestigious than Rice/Baylor?

<p>here's the link for ratings of medical schools:
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/medindex_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/medindex_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>sorry about that mistake mistaippa. i think that both programs are excellent. i guess it all comes down to whether you want 7 or 8 years, what type of weather you would rather live in, etc. but prestige-wise, i think that both are about the same. NW is much better known because it has been around longer and accepts more students.</p>