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...wanted for a very long time to I become a doctor," says Michael Weber. "It was my goal when I was very young." But after only two quarters in the pre-med program at Ohio State University, Weber, 20, discouraged by the emphasis on specialization, the hard work and the prospect of more of the same for years to come, switched to the humanities. Weber is just one of a growing number of would-be physicians who are voluntarily dropping out of the medical school admissions sweepstakes. This year the number of applicants to the 122 U.S. medical schools, which...
Sources at the Med School say that Tosteson has avoided getting involved with the minority subcommittee issue. And Holmes says, "You wouldn't even know Tosteson was there--the faculty council is his cabinet and they run things. Tosteson is very, very inaccessible--you can only infer his views from his allowing Paul to run around loose...
...first sentence came in an extended quote concerning administration and faculty power at the Med School. Holmes contended, and other sources agreed, that the faculty council acts as an independent cabinet, with much more power relative to the administration than most such bodies. To avoid repetition, I used only the sentence quoted from that analysis...
Minority groups at the Medical School protested the planned elimination of the school's minority admissions subcommittee, fearing the move might result in a drop in minority acceptances in the future. Dr. Oglesby Paul '38, director of admissions for the Med School, attempted to allay the fear that climination of the subcommittee would damage the school's affirmative action program. "We're not changing the goals, we're changing the way they're handled." Paul said. Dr. Robert H. Ebert, former dean of the Med School, said the move would not necessarily mean a decrease in minority acceptance. "Although...