Wow, I think you've missed the point entirely.
Firstly, I have been accepted to Keck and I am committed to going there next year. I applied during the 2019-2020 application cycle, but was accepted to the class of 2025 on a deferred offer of admission without having to reapply this cycle. I'm not competing with anyone on here for a spot in Keck's med school because I'm already in, I've got nothing more to prove. I genuinely just want to help others succeed as well, so if I feel like sharing my experience would be helpful for someone else, I'll share the specifics of what I went through.
Secondly, I am painfully aware of how ambiguous the process of applying to medical school is. This is why I go to great lengths to try to demystify the process by sharing what I went through personally when I was applying. I don't claim to be an expert by any means, but if someone asks a specific question, on the thread for my medical school entering class, I will do my best to answer that question based on my own experience, if applicable. Giving vague advice is not helpful and I remember being a pre-med not too long ago wishing that someone would just answer my questions directly because the schools themselves would NEVER answer any question about what they're looking for directly (for fear of giving applicants any sort of unfair advantage when applying).
Lastly, Dr. Arias explained during my interview day the reasons why she changed the Keck secondary to what it is today. If you noticed, Keck's secondary is a lot different from any other secondary. It's actually fun to write, and really gets you thinking differently about how to approach it. She merely used the diversity question as an example to explain her point, which was that questions that are traditionally asked on secondaries by the majority of schools are poor indicators of how well you'll do in med school. In other words, how well you write a response to "how will you bring diversity to our school" or "explain your interest in ____ SOM" does not give insight into who you are as a person, and thus is not a good indicator of how well you align with a specific school and what they stand for.
Also, I'm not sure why you're saying that wanting to go to Keck for it's location and the fact that it's a research powerhouse is laughable and degrading Keck. FYI, during this one hour pre-interview session we had with Dr. Arias (the dean of admissions at Keck) on our interview day, she literally told us, "I'll tell you why you want to go to Keck: we're a research powerhouse, we're a private institution who serves the public, and you can't beat California weather."
I get that applying to medical school is frustrating, demoralizing, and stressful, but your animosity is sorely misdirected. Don't take it out on others who are just trying to help.
