Are URMs preferred in med school admissions?

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<p>How much of a disadvantage will I be at because I'm white?</p>

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<p>Affirmative action is practiced by medical school admissions departments.</p>

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<p>It's practiced but it not like if you have a 3.0 and 21 you will get in. For URM, from what I have seen, if a non-URM needs a 30 to get into the school, they will lower that standard to 27/28 for URM's. Same for GPA, average 3.6... URM 3.2-3.5. However, those averages dont apply to the top schools, you still need a good score to get it. Here are some stats for people I know. UW is hispanic. One Upenn is black male. The rest are black females. </p>

<p>3.15/35 - Mount Sinai
3.33/33 - UPenn
3.61/32 - Columbia
3.85/33- Harvard
3.43/33 - UPenn
3.69/29 - UVa
3.05/34 - UWashington
3.65/26 - FSU</p>

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How much of a disadvantage will I be at because I'm white?

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<p>Generally, it will be harder because there are a lot more caucasian and asians applying to med school than URM people (for most, considered black, hispanic, and native american). Even with URM status, most schools don't have even have more than 5-maybe 15 matriculates. With the exception of Howard, Morehouse, Meharry, and the schools in Puerto Rico.</p>

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<p>URM's have a significant advantage in med school admissions but you won't be at much of a disadvantage if you are a white/asian applicant. The reason, of course, is that URM's make up a very small percentage of matriculants. Even if med schools stop accepting URM's altogether, you still won't see the average GPA/MCAT of matriculants drop very much.</p>

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Affirmative action is practiced by medical school admissions departments

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<p>Not by UCs.</p>

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<p>student14x, I wouldn't be so sure of that. Especially at UCSF.</p>

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<p>Then, they are breaking the law.</p>

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<p>All med schools practice AA. Don't kid yourself. Unless you are using a point system that assigns points based on race (ala Umich a few years back), it's impossible to prove. The UC Prime programs and the Drew/UCLA program are used specifically to attract minority students under the guise of helping the underserved.</p>