article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam Chokal-Ingam claims that Vijay Chokal-Ingam posed as a black man while Vijay Chokal-Ingam applied to medical schools in 1998 because Vijay Chokal-Ingam believed Vijay Chokal-Ingam had a better chance of gaining acceptance .
article_snippet.sent: On Vijay Chokal-Ingam blog, Almost Black, Vijay Chokal-Ingam said that none of Vijay Chokal-Ingam family approves of Vijay Chokal-Ingam book, in which Vijay Chokal-Ingam’ll controversially claimed Vijay Chokal-Ingam was only accepted into medical school in the late 1990s because Vijay Chokal-Ingam posed as a black man.
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam says on Vijay Chokal-Ingam that Vijay Chokal-Ingam felt Vijay Chokal-Ingam had to change Vijay Chokal-Ingam appearance to get into the St. Louis University School of Medicine and heavily attacks affirmative action policies in the United States. '
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam shaved Vijay Chokal-Ingam head, trimmed Vijay Chokal-Ingam 'long Indian eyelashes' and joined the Organization of Black Students during the process.
article_snippet.sent: Though Vijay Chokal-Ingam website, AlmostBlack.com, shows side-by-side qualifications and pictures of Vijay Chokal-Ingam as an Indian-American man (left) and a black man (right),
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam doesn't specify if Vijay Chokal-Ingam went through the same application process as an Inidan-American man as Vijay Chokal-Ingam
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam change in appearance was 'so startling that my own fraternity brothers didn't recognize me'. '
article_snippet.sent: Vijay the Indian-American frat boy became Jojo the African American Affirmative Action applicant to medical school,' Vijay Chokal-Ingam said, claiming that Jojo was the middle name Vijay Chokal-Ingam was born with.
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, Vijay Chokal-Ingam didn't think Vijay Chokal-Ingam'd get into medical school, but with a change of appearance and switch of student organization, Vijay Chokal-Ingam thought Vijay Chokal-Ingam could get into some of the top schools in the nation. '
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam said about the application process. '
article_snippet.sent: Despite Vijay Chokal-Ingam startling claims, Chokal-Ingam fails to mention if Vijay Chokal-Ingam applied to the same schools at the same time as an Indian-American man.
article_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam also does not seem to appear repentant about presumably taking a place at college that would otherwise could have gone to another person.
article_snippet.sent: When Chokal-Ingam was finally accepted to St. Louis University School of Medicine,
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, Chokal-Ingam admits that Chokal-Ingam did not even complete Chokal-Ingam medical degree and dropped out before Chokal-Ingam qualified as a doctor.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam found posing as a black person to be socially fascinating. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam claims Vijay Chokal-Ingam posed as a black man and was accepted into the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1998 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: -Ingam decided Vijay Chokal-Ingam'd have a better chance of getting into medical school if Vijay Chokal-Ingam was black rather than an Indian-American man .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tells of Vijay Chokal-Ingam experiences on Vijay Chokal-Ingam own blog, Almost Black and criticizes affirmative action .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam claims Vijay Chokal-Ingam shaved Vijay Chokal-Ingam head, trimmed Vijay Chokal-Ingam 'long Indian eyelashes' and joined the Organization of Black Students .
  