I've just decided I'm going to med school.

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Anonymous wrote:What's your ethnicity, race, and gender? It will be much harder if you're an Asian or white male.....easier if you're black or Latino.

...oops....I should have specified "easier to get in."

True. The disparities between the GPA/MCAT scores of a accepted white and Asian students and black and Latino students is astounding.

Yes, this explains why most physicians are black or Latino.

This is because there are not that many applicants from these backgrounds. But, the ones who do apply have a very high rate of acceptance, even with very low GPA (even under 3.0) and MCAT scores (in the 20s under the old grading system). Meanwhile, accepted white and Asian students generally have GPAs around 3.6-3.7 and MCATs over 30.

True. I worked in the medical school admissions field, and blacks with a 3.0 had a decent shot of getting accepted. A white kid? Not a chance in hell.