Clarification on Turning Down Acceptance

Hi all, I've never posted before, although I have been reading threads since I started thinking about med school application last year. I'll attempt to be concise: From what I can tell, it seems the single greatest mistake a premed can make is to turn down an acceptance. I get that. It seems that an acceptable reason for doing so is fleeting, and people who do do so get shut down by commenters on here rather quickly. My question is ... why? Why is it so bad (from the perspective of a med... Clarification on Turning Down Acceptance
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