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Usually it's hard to separate great clinicians from nepotism. Med students aren't idiots and even if they have an "in" they'd still work their butt if they wanted a competitive field. Those cases of allowing in a more unqualified student solely because of their connections are more rare. You can't say which is more important...they both are and you'd be stupid not to use every advantage you have to achieve your goals.
This was my only point: there are many paths to success.
The other poster is trying to polarize my stance, "So Step 1 doesn't matter at all" or "Connections are everything!?"