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by barry-cotter 1115 days ago
If there are differences in outcomes between demographic groups some groups, like the SCOTUS, assume malice unless proven otherwise. See disparate impact or Griggs vs. Duke Power. Obviously the writers of the MCAT worked very hard to ensure Asians would get higher scores than any other group on them. The US is a country built in Asian supremacy.
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> Obviously the writers of the MCAT worked very hard to ensure Asians would get higher scores than any other group on them.

I am not sure how you are coming to that conclusion. Look at the latest metrics on scoring. Sure, Asians overall tend to score higher on average on standardized exams (which really ought to be split into different sub-ethnic groups because there is a disparity there too) and I'm not seeing the average MCAT score for Asians being disparately higher than the average score of Black Americans that would warrant such a statement.

https://www.aamc.org/media/6066/download

MCAT scores range from 472-528. 514 is 88th percentile, and 505 is 61st percentile.