I respectfully disagree, and here's why. Let's assume that there are 100 applicants from State U and another 100 applicants from Ivy U. The State U applicants run the gamut from people with GPAs in the high 2.0's/low 3.0's with MCATs in the mid 20s to people with 4.0s and 40 MCATs. In contrast, the Ivy U students are clustered more tightly around the top end, with no students below a 3.3/30. Maybe 10% of the State U students are considered academically competitive for Top Med School by whatever cutoff is used, while 60% of the Ivy U students are competitive. So we invite 10 State U students and 60 Ivy U students. Of those interviewed, say we accept 20%. That means only 2 State U students get in, while 12 Ivy U students get in, a 6:1 ratio. One could look at those stats and conclude that the Ivy U students got preference due to their school, as you did, when in fact it was because there is a much higher percentage of highly competitive applicants coming out of Ivy U versus State U. However, the handful of applicants from State U who are highly competitive will also get invites and acceptances to Top Med School. There is just a lower percentage of stellar candidates coming from State U relative to the number coming from Ivy U.