Regents of Univeristy of California V Bakke

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Allan Bakke was an aspiring medical student at the age of 35. He applied to the University Of California Medical School at Davis in 1973 and 1974.   Unfortunately he was rejected for admission both times which prompted him to file a suit against U.C. Davis. The premise was that Bakke understood the selection process for medical students. During admission processes 100 slots are open for medical students per year, 16 slots where reserved for “minority” student applicants. Bakke contested that he scored higher than any of the “minority” student applicants and was still not accepted into U.C. Davis. Bakke filed suit with both the California court system and the Supreme Court.
The Medical School at U.C. Davis had a process of accepting medical student applicants. The process consisted of two different programs. There was a regular admissions program and a special admissions program. Both programs selected the 100 yearly student applicants for U.C. Davis. The regular admission program first rated applicants by grade point average (GPA) Any applicant with a GPA that was below 2.5 were not invited to the second portion, the interview. During the interview students where rated from1 to 100 by gpa, science courses gpa, Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) score, letters of recommendation, biographical data, and extracurricular activities. Admission offers where then made based on the scores given by the committee to the student applicants. A second committee was comprised of minority members. During the admission years of 1973 and 1974, applicants where asked if they considered themselves “disadvantaged” meaning due to ethnicity, economical status or educationally disadvantages. If they were found to be disadvantaged, they were graded on the same premise as a general admission applicant with the exception of no GPA cut off and they were not placed in completion or...