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That seems rather unlikely, you have any data to back that up? Someone else linked this article https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/new-chart-illustrates-graphicall

That seems rather unlikely, you have any data to back that up? Someone else linked this article https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/new-chart-illustrates-graphically-racial-preferences-for-blacks-and-hispanics-being-admitted-to-us-medical-schools/ https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/new-chart-illustrates-graphic... > For the 2015-2016 academic year, the average GPA of all students applying to medical schools was 3.55 and the average MCAT score was 28.3 according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). > The middle set of bars in the top chart above show that for applicants to US medical schools between 2013-2016 with average GPAs (3.40 to 3.59) and average MCAT scores (27 to 29), black applicants were almost 4 times more likely to be accepted to US medical schools than Asians in that applicant pool (81.2% vs. 20.6%), and 2.8 times more likely than white applicants (81.2% vs. 29.0%). Seems like they're in the same applicant pool.

AnthonyMouse 2y ago
That link shows that (presumably in order to meet diversity targets) black applicants with a GPA of 3.2-3.39 had nearly the same acceptance rate as Asian applicants with a 3.6-3.79 GPA. 0.4 points is an entire standard deviation for GPA.
- wredcoll 2y ago
  Ok? So what? The goal of this process isn't to find the "best" people to admit, it's select between a group of people who are already qualified. Someone else getting picked instead of you sucks regardless of the reason and there's always going to be an imperfect system doing the picking.
  - AnthonyMouse 2y ago
    > The goal of this process isn't to find the "best" people to admit That is exactly the goal of this process. Otherwise why does someone with a 4.0 GPA have any better chance than someone with a 3.2 GPA? If all you cared about was "qualified" then there would be some minimum threshold and candidates above that threshold would be chosen at random. > there's always going to be an imperfect system doing the picking. "Perfection is impossible" doesn't mean that every imperfect alternative is equally bad.

AnthonyMouse 2y ago

That link shows that (presumably in order to meet diversity targets) black applicants with a GPA of 3.2-3.39 had nearly the same acceptance rate as Asian applicants with a 3.6-3.79 GPA. 0.4 points is an entire standard deviation for GPA.

wredcoll 2y ago
Ok? So what? The goal of this process isn't to find the "best" people to admit, it's select between a group of people who are already qualified. Someone else getting picked instead of you sucks regardless of the reason and there's always going to be an imperfect system doing the picking.
- AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  > The goal of this process isn't to find the "best" people to admit That is exactly the goal of this process. Otherwise why does someone with a 4.0 GPA have any better chance than someone with a 3.2 GPA? If all you cared about was "qualified" then there would be some minimum threshold and candidates above that threshold would be chosen at random. > there's always going to be an imperfect system doing the picking. "Perfection is impossible" doesn't mean that every imperfect alternative is equally bad.