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...which ACT introduced major changes into the MCATs two years ago provides an interesting comparison with ETS's methodology. Five years before the change, ACT began testing experimental questions in preparation. "This was a long, gradual process, and the med schools knew about it from the start," Sentress, of ACT, said...
...full Med School committee completely disagrees with Paul--they voted last month to maintain the subcommittee and commended it for doing a fine job. Since the subcommittee was established in 1969, minority representation at the Med School has increased to almost 20 per cent of the student body...
...LEAST ONE director of admissions at Harvard may be running scared in anticipation of a pro-Alan Bakke decision by the Supreme Court. Dr. Oglesby Paul '38, new director of admissions at the Medical School, is pushing for the elimination of a special minority admissions subcommittee of the full Med School admissions committee. Paul says he doesn't agree with the "segregation" of any group of applicants...
Eliminating the subcommittee would be a backwards step in the Med School's effort to desegregate a traditionally white and male profession. The review committee the Med School faculty has appointed to deal with the issue should realize this, and send Paul packing to make sure his recruitment and admissions processes maintain and exceed the high standards they've already achieved...
Poussaint said the proposed abolition of the Med School's minority subcommittee on admissions is wrong. "The committee was set up for administrative convenience because it helped them process applications more effectively. A minority subcommittee is still one of the most effective ways of getting the top minority applications in the country. It's away minorities can participate in admissions. At this juncture, I do not think (it) should be abolished. It's still tough to recruit minorities into medical school, and the subcommittee can be tied directly into recruitment...