A recent report from The Washington Free Beacon reveals that UCLA’s School of Medicine is admitting applicants based on race—even when those students have alarmingly low academic credentials. In some cases, applicants with GPAs and MCAT scores well below the standard were accepted, while more qualified candidates were passed over. This has professors worried. One UCLA doctor said the medical school is “putting lives at risk” by prioritizing identity politics over medical excellence. The school is denying the claim, but the evidence is troubling. We want to open the door to med school for all ethnicities and races—but we want those graduates who will become doctors competent. And that means admissions decisions should be based on merit, not race.

Commonwealth Policy Center