It's absolutely a reflection of reality...those charts are actual stats. Don't cry over your stats...they show you have a 90% chance of getting an MD school if you apply like most people do and interview like a reasonably personable person. 90% is amazing...and you have even better odds at DO. Enjoy it and take your seat in med school and don't look back or regret it.
Now if you are asking if everyone gets that same treatment, no, they don't. With my pigmentation and your stats, I'd have less than a 50% chance of getting an MD spot. I don't like the system and you can decide whether you like or not based on your own opinions, but it's there. The justification given is that minority doctors are often more willing to work in areas with minority patients that aren't near enough doctors. There is also some evidence that minority patients prefer doctors who look like them and simply put, there aren't a lot of black doctors. The last of the big three reasons I see a lot is that sociologically a black student in america is more likely to grow up in a bad school district and household with less money and that med school admissions can help even the playing field a bit with extra consideration for black applicants. But that's a policy discussion for another place and not something you will change as an applicant( even if you wanted to, you may not). If you want to change it, you can push for change once you are a doctor. For now, just be a successful applicant. Every single one of us would check any box we could to increase our odds rights now. I will repeat, and I mean this sincerely...Enjoy it and take your seat in med school and don't look back or regret it.
