I think also that uni and 'academic standards' can't count for passion. For example, most people would probably prefer a doctor who couldn't get into undergrad medicine because their ENTER and UMAT was just under what they needed, but enrolled in another degree, tried really hard and had their mind set on postgrad med and eventually got in through sheer determination then someone who reported that the UMAT was 'piss easy' and decided to apply for med 'because my ENTER was high enough and everyone thought I should'. Likewise, I'd prefer to go to say, a Deakin graduate lawyer who is extremely passionate about Law and justice then a Melbourne graduate who only did law because they got the ENTER for it.
Of course, I'm not saying that the Melbourne graduate or the person who finds their way into their course of choice an easy process will lack passion, but if they do they should pale in comparison to a hard worker who loves every second of what they do, regardless of what school they are a graduate from.