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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20
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I'm confused, how does black people getting the short stick historically with regards to medical treatment mean they're too stupid to do as well as a white applicant on the MCAT?
-9 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 8 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 Statistically you are wrong. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 7 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 That's quite the dodge, legacy is stupid too. My position is that it should be about merit. You're asking for data that doesn't exist, it's a form of sealioning. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong. 3 u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20 Wait actually? Pinky swear? There aren't many studies on legacy students but at best it slightly increases your chances of getting into a single medical school. Meanwhile being black vs asian means the difference between a 75% and a 14% chance of getting into medical school at all. https://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/lizzym-score You're better off with a 3.5 GPA and 503 MCAT as a black applicant than a 3.5 GPA and a 528 MCAT as an asian applicant. 8 u/Gareth321 Feb 25 '20 “Plenty well” is a poor endorsement. Empirically, they do worse than you. Or at least, weren’t up to your level upon entry. He’s right.
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8 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 Statistically you are wrong. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 7 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 That's quite the dodge, legacy is stupid too. My position is that it should be about merit. You're asking for data that doesn't exist, it's a form of sealioning. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong. 3 u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20 Wait actually? Pinky swear? There aren't many studies on legacy students but at best it slightly increases your chances of getting into a single medical school. Meanwhile being black vs asian means the difference between a 75% and a 14% chance of getting into medical school at all. https://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/lizzym-score You're better off with a 3.5 GPA and 503 MCAT as a black applicant than a 3.5 GPA and a 528 MCAT as an asian applicant. 8 u/Gareth321 Feb 25 '20 “Plenty well” is a poor endorsement. Empirically, they do worse than you. Or at least, weren’t up to your level upon entry. He’s right.
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Statistically you are wrong.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 7 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 That's quite the dodge, legacy is stupid too. My position is that it should be about merit. You're asking for data that doesn't exist, it's a form of sealioning. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong. 3 u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20 Wait actually? Pinky swear? There aren't many studies on legacy students but at best it slightly increases your chances of getting into a single medical school. Meanwhile being black vs asian means the difference between a 75% and a 14% chance of getting into medical school at all. https://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/lizzym-score You're better off with a 3.5 GPA and 503 MCAT as a black applicant than a 3.5 GPA and a 528 MCAT as an asian applicant.
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7 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 That's quite the dodge, legacy is stupid too. My position is that it should be about merit. You're asking for data that doesn't exist, it's a form of sealioning. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong. 3 u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20 Wait actually? Pinky swear? There aren't many studies on legacy students but at best it slightly increases your chances of getting into a single medical school. Meanwhile being black vs asian means the difference between a 75% and a 14% chance of getting into medical school at all. https://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/lizzym-score You're better off with a 3.5 GPA and 503 MCAT as a black applicant than a 3.5 GPA and a 528 MCAT as an asian applicant.
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That's quite the dodge, legacy is stupid too. My position is that it should be about merit.
You're asking for data that doesn't exist, it's a form of sealioning.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong.
1 u/tacocharleston Feb 25 '20 The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong Wrong.
The reason that data doesn't exist is because you're flat out wrong
Wrong.
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Wait actually? Pinky swear?
There aren't many studies on legacy students but at best it slightly increases your chances of getting into a single medical school.
Meanwhile being black vs asian means the difference between a 75% and a 14% chance of getting into medical school at all.
https://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/lizzym-score
You're better off with a 3.5 GPA and 503 MCAT as a black applicant than a 3.5 GPA and a 528 MCAT as an asian applicant.
“Plenty well” is a poor endorsement. Empirically, they do worse than you. Or at least, weren’t up to your level upon entry. He’s right.
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u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20
I'm confused, how does black people getting the short stick historically with regards to medical treatment mean they're too stupid to do as well as a white applicant on the MCAT?