... B minus) or SATs over 830, well below the national average for all who took the test. Asians and whites, by contrast, needed a 3.8 GPA or an SAT above 1,200 to have better than 90% chance of admission [in 1996]" (Thernstrom). In 1997, the UCLA School of Medicine had over 5,000 applicants for only 200 ... the Asians and whites were 3.79 and 11.6, respectively compared with the average scores of the blacks and Hispanics as being 3.42 GPA and an MCAT score of 9.8 ("Being the right race..."). With just these two examples, one can see a pattern that is felt across the country. Just recently,...

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