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> Medical schools are tweaking admission protocols, looking beyond an A in orgo for future doctors who are less Spock and more Kirk. > I asked two medical schoo
by krakensden 13y ago
> Medical schools are tweaking admission protocols, looking beyond an A in orgo for future doctors who are less Spock and more Kirk.
> I asked two medical school deans — Dr. Robert Witzburg at Boston University and Dr. Lee Goldman at Columbia University — about admission philosophies. Both are proponents of holistic review, the newish idea that medical schools look beyond grades and test scores to evaluate the whole applicant
You should always read this as code for "to reduce the number of Asian students admitted".
- abat 13y agoNot always. In the past holistic review was to keep Jews out of the Ivy League. The minority being targeted will probably be different 50 years from now. That said, I do agree that soft skills are probably valuable for doctors.