How Vijay Got Into Medical School

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Dell, read the comments after the article, while contentious, they are pretty informative about the process of applying to medical school. There are a gajillion factors that go into how schools select (for example, a 3.1 from the University of Chicago, ranked #4 in undergraduate colleges in the nation, is going to weigh more than a higher GPA from some crappy state school).

But especially, a big thing with medical school applicants is that they apply to schools near to where they are, and so you have to look at population distribution nationwide- Asian Americans are concentrated in some areas, African Americans in others. While the AMA posts those stats, they don't paint a clear picture, without geographic distribution factored in. It's an incredibly complicated process, this "holistic" method of reviewing applications.

And- on top of that, if these are stats that the AMA is perfectly open about, then why does Mindy Kaling's unsuccessful brother, who couldn't even finish medical school, think that his 2 years of fraud is even noteworthy? Unless, of course, he's figured out that right-wingers are especially gullible to bs that "those people" get some kind of advantage and figures he's going to ride that right-wing grifter gravy train as far as he can, with his book proposal. Heck, Sarah Palin made a bucketload of money off it, why shouldn't he?

I want to give you a hypothetical: Lets say a black man believed he was being discriminated against in some type of application process. So in order to prove it, he changes his application and says he is white. What would you say? Would you be pissed off about it and accuse him of fraud? Of course not. You would probably say the guy is a hero. Yet in the case of the Asian/American guy lying about his race, you portray him as a bad guy and accuse him of fraud. If that's not hypocrisy I don't know what is.