Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Stanford scraps admission test requirement for medical students
Campus Reform ^ | Aug 17, 2020 | Ben Zeisloft

Posted on 08/18/2020 8:21:05 AM PDT by george76

Stanford University will remove admissions test requirements for the upcoming school year in response to COVID-19...

Most notably, Stanford Medicine, one of the top medical schools in the country, will not require the MCAT.

...

Stanford’s School of Medicine will not require students to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the standardized test for medical degree candidates. Stanford Medicine said that applications can be submitted without the MCAT through September 30, 2020 “in fairness to all applicants.”

...

Stanford's physics department will not have to submit scores for the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) or the GRE subject test in physics.

...

The Stanford College Republicans said in a statement to Campus Reform that it disagrees with the move.

"The move by Stanford's medical school to drop the MCAT is a mistake. America needs her future doctors to be the most knowledgeable and well trained in the world. Out of Stanford medical school come many of the doctors and researchers on the front lines of working to combat the China Virus," the group said. "It'd be a shame if unqualified applicants come to Stanford as a result of this policy and we suffer the consequences in the coming decades."

National Association of Scholars Communications Coordinator Chance Layton also expressed concern regarding Stanford’s move.

Layton explained that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, there still needs to be a baseline standard for admission.

“All college programs should have some baseline for a standardized assessment of applicants. The GRE and MCAT provide that

...

Layton said that this mentality “would erode the quality of higher education.”

Though other indicators of intellect and potential success exist, “none are as easily quantifiable as standardized test scores.”

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: admissionstest; affirmativeaction; bidenvoters; covid; covid19; diversity; mcat; medicalstudents; medicine; multiculturalism; stanford; stanfordmedicine
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061 next last

1 posted on 08/18/2020 8:21:05 AM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

Don’t forget, a medical doctor can be a C or D student and still pass. A PhD or Doctorate usually requires a B or A to pass, but not in the medical schools.


2 posted on 08/18/2020 8:22:50 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

What could go wrong?


3 posted on 08/18/2020 8:23:03 AM PDT by rdl6989
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
Instead, they will be required to submit a TikTok of their best home win in “Operation.”
4 posted on 08/18/2020 8:23:59 AM PDT by GnuThere
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

What could possibly go wrong?


5 posted on 08/18/2020 8:24:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Many colleges are foregoing standardized testing requirements due to the SCAMdemic shutting down testing facilities.

MCAT isn’t the only criteria to get into med school, and is used more as a easy means to cull applicants than it is a measure of future success.

Undergrad transcripts play a larger role in determining future success in med school.


6 posted on 08/18/2020 8:24:12 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

well THAT won’t end well..


7 posted on 08/18/2020 8:25:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Nice, more Affirmative Action doctors.


8 posted on 08/18/2020 8:25:40 AM PDT by euram
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

When will the brainiacs at Standford discover you can just mail them a check for 100k and they can mail you a diploma? Just think how that will drop to Standford’s bottom line...you won’t have all that over head and payroll to cover.

Just cut to the chase...


9 posted on 08/18/2020 8:26:27 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Oh this is scary. Some dopey backwater doc tried giving me a SSRI for pain a few weeks ago. Then ordered a CT scan for my lungs when the problem is in my throat.


10 posted on 08/18/2020 8:27:20 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

We can now look forward to Affirmative Action medical doctors killing a lot of people through their ignorance.


11 posted on 08/18/2020 8:27:47 AM PDT by Gnome1949
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

You have got to be kidding me. Soon they will get rid of the licensing exams too. Would you want these people handling your medical care?


12 posted on 08/18/2020 8:28:02 AM PDT by doc maverick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

What do you call the person that graduates at the BOTTOM of their class in medical school?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
DOCTOR.......................


13 posted on 08/18/2020 8:30:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gnome1949

We can now look forward to Affirmative Action medical doctors killing a lot of people through their ignorance.

You would not want to leave any witnesses alive.


14 posted on 08/18/2020 8:32:45 AM PDT by calico_thompson (Vanity sarcasm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: george76

Gee, that diploma on the wall at the Dr’s office from the Medical University of Burkina Faso looks better all the time...


15 posted on 08/18/2020 8:34:17 AM PDT by 91B40
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
What do you call the person who graduated dead last in medical school?

Doctor.

16 posted on 08/18/2020 8:36:18 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Trial lawyering soon to be a growth industry.


17 posted on 08/18/2020 8:37:19 AM PDT by bkopto
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

How about in fairness to future patients!


18 posted on 08/18/2020 8:38:41 AM PDT by Renkluaf
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Because any idiot can perform brain surgery as long as he/she/it is of the proper liberal persuasion.

/s


19 posted on 08/18/2020 8:40:49 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler ("All men and women created by - go - you know, you know - the thing")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

And the class will probably be 90% “people of color”.


20 posted on 08/18/2020 8:43:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson