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CUNY School of Medicine's success in admitting and graduating underrepresented students
0:48:45
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Dr. Green highlights CUNY School of Medicine's exceptional performance in admitting and graduating underrepresented students in medicine.
- The school has a fourfold difference in graduating underrepresented minority students compared to the rest of the state
- 85% of students are from low-income backgrounds
- 75% of students are from underrepresented minority groups
- 60% of students are first-generation college students
Eric Dinowitz
0:48:45
Because I you know, because part of it is, you mentioned in your testimony, one of the great things, that the CUNY School of Medicine does is there's such better admission rates and outcomes for students of color, for immigrant students than anywhere in the country?
0:49:02
Is it fair to say any?
Carmen Renée Green
0:49:03
Well, I'm not it's not bragging if you can do it.
0:49:06
Right?
0:49:07
So, yeah.
0:49:09
No.
0:49:09
We we've actually, if you look at the numbers, as far as us putting out underrepresented in medicine students, pure underrepresented medicine Mhmm.
0:49:20
It's a fourfold difference compared to the rest of the state.
0:49:22
It's not insignificant.