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The “Objectivity” of Medical School Rankings
The list of numbers and names that will determine the future of so many aspiring young doctors is out. Yes, the US News medical school rankings 2010 has come, and the schools stand in their lines like proud, parading soldiers, all pomp and ceremony on the page. The medical school ranking system is designed to provide a fair and unbiased compilation of useful information for picking out medical schools when applying, and to that end, it rates the medical schools against each other in the categories of primary care and research. But the medical school rankings are imperfect, because ultimately the system is not quite as objective as it might sound.