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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Pertinent to my last point, are men's entrance rates 40% of womens, or are women just more likely to stick through medical school and graduate?

The factors in between are likely much more complicated, but if men are entering medical school at the same (or greater) rate than women, it should be determined why they are graduating less than women.

Historically, affirmative action is in place to combat barriers to entry, not to graduation.

Federal data show that female students became the majority in 1979 and for the past decade have accounted for about 57 percent of enrollment at degree-granting institutions.

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