Southern Medical Schools were reported as "Schools which do not admit Negroes." According to their survey of Negroes in Medical Schools it was found that 10 of these 26 Southern Medical Schools had Negro students enrolled during 1955-56. Furthermore they found that leaders in the field of medical education have indicated that it would be possible to place immediately at least 200 more Negroes in predominantly white medical schools if qualified applicants could be found. While it is not implied or suggested that Negroes are or should be taken care of exclusively by Negro physicians, it can be stated that, generally speaking, the quality of the health care provided to the Negro population is directly related to the number and
of four objective tests: two tests of general ability, (verbal and quantitative); a test in Understanding Modern Society; and an Achievement Test in Science. The Verbal and Quantitative Ability Tests are general scholastic aptitude tests, designed to measure abilities which are related to success in postgraduate professional studies. Scores on these tests permit an estimate to be made of the candidate's relative chances of succeeding at this level of study. The only requirements are ordinary reading and arithmetic abilities, but the tests emphasize the use of these fundamental academic skills in handling new problems and relationships. A high score indicates that a candidate should be able to perform
obtained in one recent year by three groups of Negro applicants to medical schools, namely: applicants from a group of selected Negro colleges, applicants to Howard and applicants to Meharry. The scores obtained by these applicants was considerably below the mean score of 500 for all applicants to United States medical schools: Howard University School of Medicine 405 Meharry Medical Colleges . . . . 399 Selected Negro Colleges 384 An official at Howard University observed this same pattern in 1948. He wrote "The professional aptitude test ratings of applicants for our two (Continued on Page 14) '
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sion Test. The MCAT, as it is called, is administered by the Educational Testing Service for the Association of American Medical Colleges. It consists MAY, 1958
the national average. The test is scaled in such a way that the mean score for all applicants tested in a given year is 500. I want to give you the scores
Brother David Rice of Nu Chapter — a good wrestler.
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