[irishjuggler]

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.

Hmmm. Applicants with a 42.6% acceptance rate are more than 3 times more likely (i.e., 300% rather than 30%) to gain acceptance than those with an 11.5% acceptance rate.

[neverdem]

Good catches, 3 times more likely to be accepted!

The Medical College Admission Test has changed over the years. Affirmative Action screwed me in the mid 1970s when I took it the first time. I tried twice in the 1980s. First was for the Uniformed Services University of Health Services. I got a 59, when the max was 90. I couldn't get a waver for my age. I tried again a few years later. I got 61. I was accepted by the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, the only school that I applied to. Because I applied too late, the Army gave me a three year scholarship. Go figure.