article_snippet.sent: I was determined to become a doctor
article_snippet.sent: and I knew that admission standards for certain minorities under affirmative action were, let's say… less stringent?' wrote Chokal-Ingam. '
article_snippet.sent: I got into medical school because I said I was black.
article_snippet.sent: The rest of my family shaved The rest of my family head, trimmed The rest of my family 'long Indian eyelashes' and joined the Organization of Black Students during the process.
article_snippet.sent: The rest of my family change in appearance was 'so startling that my own fraternity brothers didn't recognize me'. '
article_snippet.sent: As an Indian-American with a GPA of 3.1, MCAT of 31 and a member of the South Asian Student Association, The rest of my family didn't think The rest of my family'd get into medical school, but with a change of appearance and switch of student organization, The rest of my family thought The rest of my family could get into some of the top schools in the nation. '
article_snippet.sent: I became a serious contender at some of the greatest medical schools in America, including Harvard, Wash U, UPenn, Case Western, and Columbia,' The rest of my family said about the application process. '
article_snippet.sent: In all, I interviewed at eleven prestigious medical schools in 9 major cities across America, while posing a black man,' The rest of my family added.
article_snippet.sent: When The rest of my family was finally accepted to St. Louis University School of Medicine, The rest of my family used the acceptance to claim The rest of my family was only granted admission because The rest of my family was black and used the situation as an example of what was 'wrong' with affirmative action.
article_snippet.sent: What started as a devious ploy to gain admission to medical school turned into a twisted social experiment.'
article_snippet.sent: You didn't spend your time applying to black colleges in the hopes of finding work as a doctor in black-owned and operated hospitals. '
article_snippet.sent: And a major reason why you were in a position to be considered for entry into any white institution is because black people generations before you made that possible through sacrifice and hard work. '
highlights_snippet.sent: he says he decided he'd have a better chance of getting into medical school if he was black rather than as an Indian-American man .
  