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Whenever people post their stats and ask what they should do (ie are their grades or MCAT good enough), it would be very helpful to know whether or not they were a member of an under-represented minority in medicine (african american, puerto rican, hispanic, native american). Under-represented minorities are judged under different admissions criteria that often focus more on extracurricular activities or individual circumstances rather then raw numbers. I have found that many under-represented minorites are not aware of the criteria used at most medical schools and are dissuaded from even applying or even from applying to the best school that they could get into. In my opinion, they would help a lot of people if they publicized it more but I can understand why, for political reasons, they don't want to.