The most recently admitted UC Davis medical class contains 133 students, with 84% coming from"disadvantaged" backgrounds.UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MED SCHOOL STUDENTS PLEDGE TO FIGHT ‘WHITE SUPREMACY’ AT CEREMONY
"Holistic admissions programs can help increase diversity even when race or ethnicity are not factors that can be considered," said one individual. "We are familiar with this particular program and have followed its progress, but were not participants in its design or implementation," said Geoffrey Young, PhD, senior director of Transforming the Health Care Workforce at AAMC"What we do know is that the [recent] court’s decision allows admissions committees to strengthen or implement holistic review in admissions to consider the whole individual, including their academic metrics and personal, lived experiences," he added.
"The notion that adversity scores should be a component of medical school admissions depends on the flawed notion that physicians who have overcome some adversity will produce better health care outcomes," said one individual interviewed by Fox News Digital. Also, only 0.1% practicing doctors identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, while only 0.3% are American Indian or Alaska Native.Others argue"adversity scoring" does not usher in the best and brightest physicians.