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Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]

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376 points undefined1 | 1 comments | 25 Apr 20 00:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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Dumblydorr ◴[25 Apr 20 11:10 UTC] No.22977280[source]▶
I have a similar concern for med school applications. There are charts that clearly show African American and latino undergrads need much lower GPAs and MCAT scores to get into medical school than white and asian students. The data is telling us there is a premium placed on being a minority.

This could be due to needing more minority doctors in minority communities, to affirmative action, or to students' choices about where to apply. There is also a strong argument that we're in need of Spanish speaking doctors, therefore someone with that skill should be advantaged.

In the end, I think the best potential doctors should be chosen, and political machinations should stay out of selecting our nation's future professionals.

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1. wan23 ◴[25 Apr 20 17:17 UTC] No.22979540[source]▶
https://hbr.org/2018/08/research-having-a-black-doctor-led-b...

It's a well-documented phenomenon that the background of providers has an effect on the care given. If "best potential doctors" means has the best effects on the health of Americans, then it is clearly important that this be taken into account. For an organization like the AMA in particular, if they want to retain their (unjustified) monopoly on providing healthcare they should want to make sure that no politically active group can point to admissions policies that create worse health outcomes for that group.