On Wednesday, two Ivy League students penned an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming that the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) "clearly favors white applicants."
Harvard medical student Alessandro Hammond and UPenn graduate student Cameron Sabet argued that the test was biased against people of color, seemingly ignoring the fact that Asian students consistently produce the top scores.
"Proponents tout the test as the great equalizer of applicant competency assessments," Hammond and Cabet wrote, "however, like the LSAT, and the SAT for college admissions, the MCAT clearly favors white applicants who have the wealth and resources to help them achieve competitive scores on the test."
Aside from paying for tutors and training materials, they suggested that since students are allowed to take the MCAT as many times as they please, those from wealthy white families who can afford the $330 exam will end up with higher scores by the time they finally send in their applications.
To support their claims, Hammond and Cabet cite the mean MCAT scores by race, noting that white students achieve a 512.6 on average, followed by 505.7 for black students and 506.1 for Hispanic students. Nowhere is it mentioned that Asian students outscore all the aforementioned groups, with an average of 514.4.
They did not propose eliminating the test altogether, rather they wanted to see it made into a "pass/fail exam" in order to "remove barriers for disadvantaged minority applicants."
This move, they argued, would mark a "crucial step" in the quest to make the medical profession more diverse.
Hammond and Cabet's suggestion comes just one month after the American Bar Association voted to do away with the LSAT as part of the admissions requirements for law school. The decision, if passed by the House of Delegates, could come into effect as early as 2025.
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