Comment by aabajian

I think something that's overlooked is the importance of parents in admissions. Case in point: Jewish culture values education in the same way that Asian families value education. As a result, a large number of white students admitted to Ivy Leagues are Jewish. 25% of the white students in my med school (Yale) were Jewish, despite making up only 1.4% of the U.S. population.

I don't agree with racial quotas, but there has to be some form of normalization for students whose parents/culture/childhood environment didn't value education.