re: Medical School Admissions Standards Lowered

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This has been going on for decades in medical school admissions. Perhaps your own program ramped up their efforts or your own personal line was crossed 5-7 years ago, but this is not a recent thing.

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Maybe I did not state it clearly enough. We have considered minority status for 30 years but only in the context of “a background from a poor school system”. Those kids had a slightly higher failure rate vs the traditional students but it was a good trade off.

Now - if an African American candidate who went to a prep school and then went to Vandy applies - their admission standards are much lower.

Why??? That student had every advantage any other student had.

That is the difference.
1. Skin tone is #1
2. Moving a GPA from a 3.65 range to a 3.25 range is scary for the future of medicine.

Anyone with more than a handful of B’s in college cannot likely process information fast enough to be proficient in medicine. It’s a fact. A 3.25 means you earned almost as many B as A grades over 4 years. That is not a strong applicant.

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Maybe I did not state it clearly enough.

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I understood perfectly what you are saying, but I disagree with it.

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Now - if an African American candidate who went to a prep school and then went to Vandy applies - their admission standards are much lower.

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Again, this has been happening for decades - not a new development in the past 5-7 years.

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Absolutely.... this is nothing knew for those in medical. It's also taking place in other sectors such as Veterinarian medicine and I'd imagine Dentistry as well.

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i dont think this has been as much as an issue in vet med. i havent seen admission data in a few years though. We are a different beast than the medical school system though.

cant speak for dental.