The University of Pennsylvania expanded a program that admitted minority and other underrepresented college applicants into its Perelman School of Medicine under special criteria, including waiving the Medical College Admission Test requirement.
The program has “officially broadened” this year to include students from Howard University, Oakwood University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Morehouse College and Spelman College, according to a Perelman School of Medicine news release.
The Penn Access Summer Scholars program selects a group of diverse college candidates to complete two eight-week summer mentorship sessions with medical professionals.
Upon completion, students may be eligible for early admission into Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, contingent upon the successful completion of “three semesters of a roster of rigorous science courses” and completion of AP credit in at least one STEM field or “evidence of strong ability on timed, multiple-choice tests in STEM courses,” according to Bryn Mawr’s website describing the program.
Students must also have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, with 3.2 by graduation, according to the website.
PASS students are not required to take the MCAT, according to the guidelines.
“This [PASS] program is a selective program and is designed for students underrepresented in medicine,” according to the “Special Programs” page on the Perelman School of Medicine Admissions website.
“PASS students who meet PSOM’s academic and professional requirements, are offered linkage admission to the medical school, without an MCAT requirement, and upon review and approval by PSOM’s admissions committee,” according to the release.
Another Affirmative Action program that will cause qualified individuals to be passed over for selection.
The wokeness is causing mediocrity! We should be enhancing the best and brightest Americans!
What a crock!
You only get to Med School after earning a bachelor’s degree. So if these ‘underrepresented’ scholars (sic) got poor grades at their predominately minority colleges where does the fault lie? Were they lousy students? Did their college provide lousy instruction? Even with lousy instruction they could have received good grades.
So instead of taking the MCAT, which is a validated test for med schools admission, which would likely/probably/certainly have shown the complete or partial lack of academic preparation for the rigors of med school, a Get Out of Testing card was devised to get these academic underperformers on the fast track to a stethoscope, a Mercedes and a big house because of the shade of their skin.
How many of the medical faculty will have sufficient backbone to weed these prize pupils out once their deficiencies become evident in class and during clinicals? In today’s woke climate?
Those involved in this conspiracy should be compelled to have all medical services for themselves and extended family performed solely by these students and eventual graduates for the next 15 years. Perhaps the they’d sober up.
If you don’t pass MCAT, you don’t get to try to be a Dr. End of discussion. I mean, really?
All the flunkie wannbe doctors will end up “practicing” at Tidal Health PRMC.