June 29, 2001
Minority Medical Students Received Admissions Breaks, Report Says
A research group that opposes affirmative action has released a report showing that five public medical schools admitted black and Hispanic students whose grades and scores were generally lower than those of their white and Asian peers, and that the minority students subsequently performed less well on licensing exams.
Admissions officials at the medical schools say the study mistakenly asserts that admissions decisions are made based on race, and exaggerates the role that test scores
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