But out of those 23 seats only 14 accepted the invitation. The blame should not fall on the office of Diversity Affairs and Community Outreach. The office of diversity and community outreach at the medical school goes out of its way to reach and help those who are thinking of starting a career in medicine. It has outreach programs set up in which students from the medical school go to public schools and talk to the children about the field of medicine. It also helps ethnically diverse students at the U prepare applications, and practice with mock interviews.
Some students feel it is the community.
Students I spoke with feel the community is a little overwhelming, and constricting. Some students feel as if they don't belong or fit in. Being a woman of color, I could relate. When students come to Utah to attend school, they can feel as if they are entering the Twilight Zone. You feel like Utahns have been shielded by a protective bubble and unaware of the rest of the world.