Best article addressing URM

[youngMeddy]

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This article is great. It is a comprehensive view on the whole issue. I'm not trying to troll. I just think this may help enlighten many on SDN. Hopefully, this will help decrease the 2-3 URM threads that pop up each week (though technically this is one more ).

http://www.fairtest.org/healthy-medical-school-admissions

 

[Brigade4Radiant]

This article is great. It is a comprehensive view on the whole issue. I'm not trying to troll. I just think this may help enlighten many on SDN. Hopefully, this will help decrease the 2-3 URM threads that pop up each week (though technically this is one more ).

http://www.fairtest.org/healthy-medical-school-admissions

This article is too old to be relevant.

 

[youngMeddy]

the sources are dated, but the message is very relevant

 

[Iso4ane]

This article is too old to be relevant.

I posted this on the other URM thread currently going around but it works here as well...

Actually some researchers at Princeton show that the group most benefited by AA in UG college admissions are those of African American descent (34.5% [AA] vs 12.4%), followed by those of Hispanic descent (28.1% [AA] vs 13.0%). And contrary to popular thought Caucasians are minimally affected by the presence of AA (<1% difference; 23% [AA] vs 23.5%). However, those of Asian descent on the other hand are hurt by a good amount (18.7% [AA] vs 24.8%). Now the paper is a little bit old but from what I know admissions have not changed much over the past 12 years since the paper was written except for the fact that Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, and Washington removed AA from their state schools.


And for those of you who want to see the paper and prove I'm not pulling stuff out of my bum can read the following paper.

http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Opportunity%20Cost%20of%20Admission%20Preferences% 20Espenshade%20Chung%20June%202005.pdf

 

[Dwun]

Having higher test scores doesn't make you a better physician!?!? NO WAI!