A couple years ago I dated a girl who was in med school. She told me that some med schools’ admissions processes favor admitting practicing homosexuals as some sort of “minority.” Please note, I never verified this, but it unfortunately sounds like the sort of lunacy you’d expect from some in academia these days.
I would not be surprised if some admissions offices treated them that way. However what most don’t know (or won’t admit) is that the largest beneficiary of affirmative action are white females. It not that there aren’t plenty of females who score well but there are many more males who do. I found that most med schools are going for a 50/50 mix of sexes which means the average male has to score much higher than a female to secure a spot over her.
The University of Pittsburgh has a top med school (Applicants accepted: 8.9%, Average MCAT: 10.7, Average GPA (4.0 scale): 3.68) yet the Male/Female ratio is 49%/51%.