This is the first year the affirmative action ban applied to undergraduate admissions and a report on enrollment figures is expected to be released by the UC Office of the President next month. Drake is heartened by the University's big boost in financial support to myriad outreach activities systemwide, but he does not expect to see the fruits of that investment in the near future. And as outreach programs matured, then the affirmative action programs would fade. Drake still finds himself defending goals for diversity among the student population, in part by dispelling the many myths associated with the now defunct affirmative action program. One of the biggest misconceptions, he says, is that merit in medical students can be measured solely by grades and test scores.
Scores are one factor among many.
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