I don't understand US medical schools in the least. My son is interested in medicine, and I have sat through presentations where the admissions officers descri

I don't understand US medical schools in the least. My son is interested in medicine, and I have sat through presentations where the admissions officers describe how they pick the student that has the best sob story from dozens of overqualified candidates. Then the poor jerk that is selected will work 20hr days out of med school in residency and finally patients will wait weeks to months to see them because there are not enough physicians (or they will see someone with a foreign degree). How does any of that make sense? Why not admit a couple more kids, stop causing overtired residents to make mistakes and address the shortage?