d********n
发帖数: 1856 | 1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2969357/posts
When it comes to becoming a physician, the academic rigors, years of
schooling, and personal sacrifice common to the effort are well-known. This
process is a sort of rite of passage, an intellectual marathon that only the
best and brightest can complete. As such, medical schools should select
candidates best-suited to excel throughout school and cultivate the skills
that will allow them to practice in the best health care system in the world
. The process by which these candidates are selected, however, may come as a
shock.
In examining documents made public by the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC), it becomes apparent that race plays a disturbingly large
role in the medical student application process. The documents provide data
about the applicant pool from years 2009-2011 -- namely, the number of
applicants within a given GPA and MCAT score range, and how many of those
applicants gained acceptance to a school. These data, it turns out, are
organized by race.
A quick scan of the documents reveals that white students applying to
medical school with a GPA in the 3.40-3.59 range and with an MCAT score in
the 21-23 range (a below-average score on a test with a maximal score of 45)
had an 11.5% acceptance rate (total of 1,500 applicants meeting these
criteria). Meanwhile, a review of minority students (black, Latino, and
Native American) with the same GPA and MCAT range had a 42.6% acceptance
rate (total of 745 applicants meeting these criteria). Thus, as a minority
student with a GPA and MCAT in the aforementioned ranges, you are more than
30% more likely to gain acceptance to a medical school. | d********n
发帖数: 1856 | 2 为啥ASIAN不算MINORITY泥？
http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2012/02/thisll-kill-ya-affirmativ
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/chavez062101.asp
This'll Kill Ya! Affirmative Action Doctors Meet Lower Standards
1. For those students applying to medical school with average GPAs (3.40 to
3.59) and average MCAT scores (27-29), black applicants were almost three
times more likely to be admitted than their Asian counterparts (85.9% vs. 30
%), and 2.4 times more likely than their white counterparts (85.9% vs. 35.9%
). Likewise, Hispanic students with average GPAs and average MCAT scores
were about twice as likely to be accepted as white applicants (68.7% vs. 35.
9%), and more than twice as likely as Asian applicants (68.7% vs. 30%).
2. For students applying to medical school with slightly below average GPAs
of 3.20-3.39 and slightly below average MCAT scores of 24-26 (first column
in the table), black applicants were more than 8 times as likely to be
admitted as Asians (67.3% vs. 7.7%), and more than 5 times as likely as
whites.
...U.S. medical schools must be considering race as one important factor in
admissions, at least for preferred minority groups (blacks and Hispanics)
over non-preferred minority groups (Asians) and whites? | a*****y
发帖数: 613 | 3 because we over represented.
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【在 d********n 的大作中提到】
: 为啥ASIAN不算MINORITY泥？
: http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2012/02/thisll-kill-ya-affirmativ
: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/chavez062101.asp
: This'll Kill Ya! Affirmative Action Doctors Meet Lower Standards
: 1. For those students applying to medical school with average GPAs (3.40 to
: 3.59) and average MCAT scores (27-29), black applicants were almost three
: times more likely to be admitted than their Asian counterparts (85.9% vs. 30
: %), and 2.4 times more likely than their white counterparts (85.9% vs. 35.9%
: ). Likewise, Hispanic students with average GPAs and average MCAT scores
: were about twice as likely to be accepted as white applicants (68.7% vs. 35.
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