Do current 'unwritten requirements' select for the wealthy?

short answer: yes. Working as a tutor has put me in contact with a large number of very interesting pre-meds. One of these cases I related here before (in a thread which was closed far before its time): http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/this-is-who-you-are-competing-against.1181975/ It has become apparent to me that the path we call "pre-med" is nothing more than a game wherein one puts in the minimum amount of effort to check off boxes of activities... Do current 'unwritten requirements' select for the wealthy?
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