How Will Your RACE/ETHNICITY Influence Your Medical School Admissions Odds?

In this video, we’ll go over medical school acceptance rates by race.

As medical school admissions consultants, we get asked by applicants all the time “How will my race or ethnicity influence my medical school admissions odds?”

This question is common from students who are Asian American or White, two overrepresented groups in medicine. These students most often want to know if “the bar is higher” for ORM applicants.

Maybe you’re filling out your AMCAS application and deciding whether to disclose your race. If you’re an ORM, you might feel tempted to leave this section blank.

On the other hand, what if you’re part of a group that’s UNDERrepresented in medicine? Maybe you’re wondering if your chances are higher since medical schools want to admit a diverse class?

In this video, we’ll look at the data and answer the controversial question “What role does race play in medical school admissions?” Then, we’ll offer some strategies to help you maximize your odds of getting into medical school.

Who we are:
Shemmassian Academic Consulting (SAC) was founded by Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, a medical school admissions expert with over 15 years of experience helping thousands of students get into top programs such as Harvard, Mayo, and UCSF. Despite a roughly 40% medical school matriculation rate nationally, the SAC team’s approach has resulted in over 90% of their students getting accepted the first time they apply. SAC has been featured on The Washington Post, US News and World Report, and NBC.

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[edhcb]

The system benefits applicants like our neighbor. He’s half Asian, half black, and half white. What box did he check on his application? Black of course. And did he use his upper middle class mother’s/step-dad’s income on the application? Nope. He used his biological father’s income…who he has never lived with a day in his life.

[Michael]

Everyone is willing to make sacrifices for the greater good as long as it's not their kid.

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I hope we (whites and asians) unionize and fight against racist application process very soon