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Question for those against affirmative action:
How do you feel about medical schools that give preferential admissions to specific undergraduate institutions without regard to race?
As far as I can tell, such a practice will continue to be perfectly acceptable even after the recent SCOTUS decision. It is already an established practice at some schools.
For example, Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine has a program called the Early Assurance Program which will admit junior undergrads with >3.0 gpa and MCAT >500 from select schools provided they can attest to any of the following:
- first generation to attend college
- graduated from a low-income high school
- eligible for need-based grants
- express and support an interest in a high-need medical specialty area (literally every student could say this)
This program is available to students at Northern Michigan University and some others. NMU has a student body that is 85% white and 2% black.
Now, what if Michigan State or (Harvard Medical School for that matter) expanded such a program to be 30% of their student body, and only partnered with HBCUs like Howard and Morehouse, would you find such a program unacceptable? Do you already find such programs unacceptable? If so, why?
How do you feel about medical schools that give preferential admissions to specific undergraduate institutions without regard to race?
As far as I can tell, such a practice will continue to be perfectly acceptable even after the recent SCOTUS decision. It is already an established practice at some schools.
For example, Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine has a program called the Early Assurance Program which will admit junior undergrads with >3.0 gpa and MCAT >500 from select schools provided they can attest to any of the following:
- first generation to attend college
- graduated from a low-income high school
- eligible for need-based grants
- express and support an interest in a high-need medical specialty area (literally every student could say this)
This program is available to students at Northern Michigan University and some others. NMU has a student body that is 85% white and 2% black.
Now, what if Michigan State or (Harvard Medical School for that matter) expanded such a program to be 30% of their student body, and only partnered with HBCUs like Howard and Morehouse, would you find such a program unacceptable? Do you already find such programs unacceptable? If so, why?