Press Release

Do No Harm Publishes Third Report Exposing Medical Schools for Skirting SCOTUS Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions

  • By Do No Harm Staff
  • July 17, 2025

RICHMOND, VA; July 17, 2025 – Today, Do No Harm published a new report titled “Skirting SCOTUS Part III: How Medical Schools Continue to Practice Racially Conscious Admissions.” The report, a follow-up to Do No Harm’s two earlier “Skirting SCOTUS” reports, reveals definitive evidence that American medical schools have continued to racially discriminate after the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) that such practices are illegal.

“Our research reveals evidence that a number of medical schools continue to pursue identity politics and employ discriminatory, racially conscious admissions policies,” said Stanley Goldfarb, MD, Chairman of Do No Harm. “These policies were deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court, and these schools are shirking their duty to train the most qualified group of future healthcare professionals. Do No Harm will continue to file complaints and lawsuits in order to restore merit and excellence to medical education.”

Do No Harm’s first Skirting SCOTUS report documented responses from medical schools and medical organizations signaling a continued commitment to race-based admissions. Skirting SCOTUS Part II observed suggestive evidence that schools had devised workarounds to maintain a racially biased admissions system. Now, this third report provides evidence of continued racial discrimination in American medical schools.

Key Findings

  • Do No Harm’s analysis of 23 public medical schools’ 2024 admissions data shows that accepted Asian and white applicants had higher MCAT scores than accepted black applicants at all but one school.
  • At 13 schools, the average MCAT score of rejected Asian or white applicants was higher than that of accepted black applicants.
  • At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health a black applicant has nearly 10 times the odds of admission compared to an Asian or white applicant with the same MCAT score and GPA.
  • At Eastern Virginia Medical School there is an eleven-fold increase in odds of acceptance for black applicants compared to GPA- and MCAT-equivalent Asian or white applicants.

Click here to read Skirting SCOTUS Part I.

Click here to read Skirting SCOTUS Part II.

Click here to read the latest installment, Skirting SCOTUS Part III.

Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. With over 22,000 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and 14 countries, DNH has achieved over 10,000 media hits in top-tier publications and garnered widespread attention through numerous broadcast news appearances.