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To answer your question, I think someone who gets a Rhodes-like scholar should've probably taken a gap year for several reasons. But I couldn't say whether schools discriminate against students that have indication that they wont attend for a whole year.
It was unknown whether you won a Rhodes until November 20th. Expecting aspiring doctors to take a gap year just because they apply to Rhodes--even though there is no guarantee (and in fact a very low chance) they will win--makes no sense. If one won a Rhodes the medical school will eat that up and I would expect it to do nothing but help ones chances.