"For 1999, the probability of admission of a black applicant with a total MCAT score of 45 and a science GPA of 3.5 was 90 percent, as compared to 31 percent for a similar white applicant, 23 percent for an Asian applicant, and 53 percent for a Hispanic applicant."
Pasted directly from the beginning of the article. At first read, you're thinking to yourself "how the hell are there that many people applying to this school with a 45, and how the hell would this many people with 45s only have 3.5 GPAs? I didn't sent them a primary, did I?"...but then you read further.......
"As noted above, the MCAT is made up of four subtests: verbal reasoning, physical science, biological science, and writing. USMS?s weighted total score is
obtained by doubling the writing score and adding that number to the physical science, biological science, and verbal reasoning subscores."
Ok, so either two things are possible here: the first, the authors have no idea what they are talking about, or second, this is one seriously ******ed med school. Damn all these posts that said not to worry about the writing sample. Verbal the most important section my *ss!!!!!
"Dear applicant, while you have a perfect 4.0 GPA, two publications in Science, opened a homeless shelter and clinic, and scored a 13-15 verbal, 15 physical, 15 bio, we're sorry, that 'P' is just not going to cut it in our medical school. Have you thought about medical school in the carribean or garbage collection?"
Obviously I get the implied gist of their analysis, but that was really funny.
But yeah, for the guy to sue the school because he couldn't get a replacement letter is just stupid. He ended up at some carribean school and came back to B-more demanding to be transferred into the clinical years at Maryland. 
