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QueenPat said:
Might be a stupid question, but I figured I'd ask. I am white, female, low income, born in Europe but grew up in the US (english not first language). My minor is in African & African American Studies, and I am getting a (i expect quite good) rec from a prof in this department as well. My app is very service oriented. Can i make a case for schools that admit mostly Black applicants? I really do feel like the mission lines up but I am white
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Medical students from schools like Meharry and Morehouse are not 100% Black. The non-Black medical students there likely have similar backgrounds as you. So you should apply if you fit their mission and have a competitive application. Just my thoughts.
 
QueenPat said:
Might be a stupid question, but I figured I'd ask. I am white, female, low income, born in Europe but grew up in the US (english not first language). My minor is in African & African American Studies, and I am getting a (i expect quite good) rec from a prof in this department as well. My app is very service oriented. Can i make a case for schools that admit mostly Black applicants? I really do feel like the mission lines up but I am white
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QueenPat said:
Might be a stupid question, but I figured I'd ask. I am white, female, low income, born in Europe but grew up in the US (english not first language). My minor is in African & African American Studies, and I am getting a (i expect quite good) rec from a prof in this department as well. My app is very service oriented. Can i make a case for schools that admit mostly Black applicants? I really do feel like the mission lines up but I am white
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Having that major isn't good enough. You'd need tons of service to communities of color to be competitive.

Note: 10% of the classes at the HBCs are Asian-American, so it's doable!
 
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QueenPat said:
what would you qualify as 'tons'? I have about 600 hours of education related service over 3 years to local title 1 schools as well as a VP position for this program for 2 years. I also volunteered w Americorps for a summer with minority populations part time (~200 hours). Will be doing americorps in my gap year but obviously thats not set yet.

edit: title 1 schools are qualified through percentage of students being low income, but where I am an extremely large majority (close to 90%) are Black students
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You're 800 hours sounds like tons to me. Continue doing so
 
It seems like you fit the mission of HBCU med schools and have the ECs to back it up, so I believe it's worth applying. The 15-20% of HBCU med students who are non-Black tend to be students like you.
 
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