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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test optional is a smokescreen to perpetuate admission discrimination and everyone knows it. Can’t wait for the Supreme Court to rule on these “holistic” policies. Low achievers love them [b]but I hope everyone who supports test optional chooses a degree optional doctor for their next major surgery[/b].[/quote]

In a world of dumb points, this one is way up there. Are you currently asking your doctor for a standardized test score they took when they were 16? And using that as a proxy for their medical talent? You deserve the results of all your bad decisions.[/quote]

NP.  Unfortunately, people will use "proxies" to assume low ability.. such as race.  Folks may prioritize White and Asian doctors over Black doctors, for example.

This is an extreme example though.  No one that gets into and through med school is a fool.  I once went to a primary care physician (Asian) and he turned out to be the worst doctor I've ever come across (I'm Asian BTW).  On the other hand, one of the specialty doctors I used was Black.  I continued to use him after I moved out of DC to the suburbs.  Once he found out that it took me over an hour to get to his appointment, he referred me to a diff., younger doctor in the 'burbs who turned out to be Hispanic.  Excellent guy.

So yeah.  While I don't agree with test optional for undergrad admissions being a good thing, I don't think you could extend that to med school and assume that the mediocres and below admitted through TO will get in, mainly because med school admissions still have an entrance test!

TO is an economic boom to colleges.  Application volumes are through the roof everywhere and colleges are just raking it in.  Why would they give up on TO? [/quote]

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