Want to get into Med School? Turn Black! - page 2.

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Quote from: chennan on April 07, 2015, 08:43:39 PM

The story is funny. Different race has different treatment.The good news is that the status of black are improved a lot.

I found the story hilarious when I read it the other day. Since when is being black a benefit in America? I would have thought it would be easier for an Asian to get in than and African to be honest.

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Quote from: panju1 on April 08, 2015, 07:11:40 PM

Quote from: chennan on April 07, 2015, 08:43:39 PM

The story is funny. Different race has different treatment.The good news is that the status of black are improved a lot.

The med schools might not find it funny.
As long as he didn't explicitly say he was Afro-American, he should be okay. Otherwise, he could be in serious trouble.

He's pointing out their own blatant discrimination, the only thing he's guilty of is calling them out on their bullshit so of course they're not going to like it, established institutions like these never like anybody who makes them look bad. The best part is, the guy isn't even white, so that's screwing them over even more because they can't pull the old "You're racist" crap as easily, what's also interesting is the Telegraph have disabled the comments, most likely because it would be full of people going we told you so.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on April 08, 2015, 08:00:52 PM

If you make race instead of merit your main criteria for medical admission, then it will in turn produce a generation of idiots as doctors. The US will be forced to import doctors from countries such as Russia and India, as the local doctors won't be able to stay competitive.

They only do this to round out the numbers so the school looks good. Probably not more than 5%

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If you make race instead of merit your main criteria for medical admission, then it will in turn produce a generation of idiots as doctors. The US will be forced to import doctors from countries such as Russia and India, as the local doctors won't be able to stay competitive.

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Quote from: chennan on April 07, 2015, 08:43:39 PM

The story is funny. Different race has different treatment.The good news is that the status of black are improved a lot.

The med schools might not find it funny.
As long as he didn't explicitly say he was Afro-American, he should be okay. Otherwise, he could be in serious trouble.

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The story is funny. Different race has different treatment.The good news is that the status of black are improved a lot.

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If you can't beat them, join them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/11517877/Mindy-Kalings-brother-pretended-to-be-black-to-get-into-medical-school.html

Chokalingam was motivated to commit the fraud by the fact that he had a relatively low Grade Point Average of 3.1. Suspecting that certain US universities were employing affirmative action and positively discriminating in favour of candidates with an African American background, he decided to "test" his theory by rebranding himself as a black man.

As well as shaving his head and trimming his lashes, Chokalingam also applied to colleges using his middle name, Jojo (his parents were inspired by the African American basketball player Jo Jo White) and emphasised the fact that he had spent time in Nigeria as a child in interviews.

According to his website, as a "black" candidate with a 3.1 GPA, Chokalingam was considered by medical schools including Harvard, Pennsylvania and Columbia, and was eventually accepted by St Louis University in Missouri

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