ZOOKER,
Actually the educational requirements have changed somewhat for potential medicine students. Many universities will now accept a number of students who do not have the required educational certification but who have the required personal attributes. If a field as traditional as medicine has identified that qualifications are not neccessarily the only barometer for identifying suitable candidates there really must be something to it. I think there are too many variables between individuals to right someone off purely for lack of academics. Obviously it has it's advantages,it is a very crude means of elimination of great numbers of applicants, but by being too black and white you risk missing out on some highly suitable people.