@Obaidsview@BristolGalt The uk also has those in the form of VAT, Fuel duty, road tax and I can go on. But still imposes income tax on all and also NI.
So health care has to be switched to an insurance based system and income tax from immigrants scrapped. This wouldn’t look good to the bond market rn
@BEBIESINS You then need a 10k pay rise within 4 years to keep that sponsorship at least and that’s 33k on the low end
Going rates for most occupations are way higher. So even with a 25% percent discount a new mech en would need to start at 36k and achieve 50k in 4 years
@woodchippings1@WalkerMarcus It was the economical choice when dealing with European markets and the most beneficial but that no longer exists as it’s not part of the system anymore and does offer as much benefit as choosing Germany or France as a European hub of operations these days
@RickU@drterrysimpson You literally have in front of you. Assume all 11 black students in the class scored under 518, you still have over 40% of the class remaining also scoring under 518, so how is race the determining factor?
@TheGroupLens@drterrysimpson Still represents an overall score of 98.6% vs 94.7% so a bit disingenuous to say 4 times as many wrong and ignoring to total number of questions.
The crazy part about this Yale thing is that it just shows folks are going to complain about black people whether they meet the metric or not. It’s sad but not surprising.
Through this whole thing we figured out that Yale admits about 10 black students per year.
We also learned the median GPA and MCAT of black students admitted to Yale was a 3.88 and 518 MCAT. (These are insanely good scores for anyone. )
For those of you that don’t know Median means half have higher half have lower.
Therefore 5 of out of the 10 or 50% had a HIGHER GPA and MCAT than 3.88 and 518. Hopefully the merit crew can all agree without question on their admission.
Now, about the 5 that had lower.
Many would argue as they have in my comments for the last 3 days “these are the people taking Someone else’s spot”
But is that true compared to the data from the rest of the class?
This table here shows the latest available data showing MCAT and GPA of all accepted students at Yale.
It shows that of those accepted 60 had greater than a 518 MCAT and 56 had less than 518. So 52% had above and 48% had below a 518. Remember the split was 50/50 for black students.
This is not a statistically significant difference in entrance standards.
Nearly half of Yale’s entering class that year had an MCAT of less than 518. Only 5 out of the 56 who did were black. The other 51 were white students, Asian students etc. There were 10 students who applied with > 518 who didn’t receive admission. Why is the merit of the 51 from those groups who did get admissions not being called into question. Why is nobody saying that they stole someone else’s seat. Why is it that the merit calculator only comes out when the student is black student whether they reached that 95 percentile mark or not. Why are they only ones being scrutinized?
Thats what I have an issue with.
Either we scrutinize every student that got in below that mark, all 56 of them, or we admit the scrutiny was never really about merit. You have to Pick one.
The reality is the admissions process is about so much more than just MCAT and GPA. If someone writes in your letter of recommendation that you’re the rudest most pompous person they’ve ever come in contact with you’re not going to get in. If you cannot hold a conversation in an interview and you are extremely awkward, you are not going to get in. physicians have to be smart yes but they also should be personable,compassionate, professional , empathetic and if you can’t show that through your letters, your activities, your personal statement, your interview because all you can do well is answer multiple-choice questions you are not going to get in and this goes for everyone black white whatever.
A 528 means nothing if you can’t look a scared patient in the eye and make them feel safe. Admissions committees know that. Patients know that. The only people who don’t seem to know it are the ones counting other people’s scores instead of building their own résumés.