Economic and Racial Disadvantage as Reflected in Traditional Medical School Selection Factors.

Waldman, Bart

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Publication Date: 1977

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Economic and Racial Disadvantage as Reflected in Traditional Medical School Selection Factors

Waldman, Bart

Journal of Medical Education, 52, 12, 961-70, Dec 77

The extent to which income and race, viewed independently, affect selection factors is examined, based on data collected by the Association of American Medical Colleges on applicants to the 1976-77 entering class. Factors associated with race had a far more significant influence on applicants' credentials. (Author/LBH)

Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, Competitive Selection, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Medical Schools, Minority Groups, Poverty, Racial Discrimination, Statistical Data

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Medical College Admission Test

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