Despite a Supreme Court ruling against race-conscious admissions, medical school applicants can still recognize their diverse backgrounds in personal essays, leaving a small opening for affirmative action, according to an expert.
In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided against affirmative action — specifically, race-conscious college admissions — in a 6 to 3 vote, Billy Thomas, MD, MPH, a professor of neonatology and pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, wrote in the Annals of Family Medicine.
“Based partially on the idea that enough time had elapsed