A sad casualty of DEI/Woke at Cambridge University

[Jimmy Higgins]

You know one thing... when I needed a surgical procedure, I trusted my PCP in the referral. And I've never asked a doctor or surgeon what their MCATs were.

How does what you wrote justify medical schools blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants?

Your claim didn't actually demonstrate that schools are "blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants", so not certain why I should debunk a baseless claim. However, I might note that over 20% of graduates of Medical School are Asian. That would be more than 3 times the percent of Asians living in the US. This would imply your accusation hinges on your complete misunderstanding of what the word "discrimination" means.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

8 pages on clear-cut and obvious case.
And I thought I had a chance in...... russia-ukraine thread.

You clearly haven't read the thread.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The AAMC tables I posted include GPA and MCAT scores. Not net worth. Where did you get "filthy rich" from?

Because that's what creates "perfect records". Talent has little to do with it. "Nice schools" in "nice neighborhoods" produce straight A students with glowing test scores, but no guarantee of actual capability.

Sure, sure. So apparently my low-income upbringing in a mixed race household in fairly crappy housing and a mediocre public school was just a fignment of my imagination. All of my records and success are because of some invisible blessing bestowed upon me by your say so? My father's accomplishments were really just handed to him due to his backwater Arkansas public schooling while literally picking cotton in the morning and weekends, living in a shack with a well and no electricity?

Talent and dedication go a long ways toward capability.


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Opining that success is only achieved because of unearned privilege is just as insulting and dehumanizing as opining that a person only got a job because of DEI.

He didn't say that, he said perfect records are much easier in the calm confines of middle/upper class. Are you disputing that?

 

[thebeave]

You know one thing... when I needed a surgical procedure, I trusted my PCP in the referral. And I've never asked a doctor or surgeon what their MCATs were.

How does what you wrote justify medical schools blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants?

Your claim didn't actually demonstrate that schools are "blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants", so not certain why I should debunk a baseless claim. However, I might note that over 20% of graduates of Medical School are Asian. That would be more than 3 times the percent of Asians living in the US. This would imply your accusation hinges on your complete misunderstanding of what the word "discrimination" means.

You need to know the percentage of a particular race applying to med schools and compare that to their acceptance percentage to determine whether there is discrimination compared to other races.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

You know one thing... when I needed a surgical procedure, I trusted my PCP in the referral. And I've never asked a doctor or surgeon what their MCATs were.

How does what you wrote justify medical schools blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants?

Your claim didn't actually demonstrate that schools are "blatantly discriminating against white and Asian applicants", so not certain why I should debunk a baseless claim. However, I might note that over 20% of graduates of Medical School are Asian. That would be more than 3 times the percent of Asians living in the US. This would imply your accusation hinges on your complete misunderstanding of what the word "discrimination" means.

You need to know the percentage of a particular race applying to med schools and compare that to their acceptance percentage to determine whether there is discrimination compared to other races.

No, not really. The whole 3x on population infers enough that there isn't discrimination. But, I know that people are wanting to die on this molehill.

There is this. It is blog-ish so if someone finds sounder stats, please post them.

Group	MCAT	GPA	Acceptance Rate
Asian	514.3	3.85	44.5%
White	512.3	3.82	47.2%
Middle Eastern/North African	511.7	3.84	38.4%
Black/African American	507.2	3.65	35.9%
Hispanic/Latino	506.8	3.71	38.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native	505.2	3.64	40.7%

This would imply that demographics are being accepted at a rate that is generally proportional to their scores.