article_snippet.sent: On Vijay Chokal-Ingam website, AlmostBlack.com, Vijay Chokal-Ingam says Vijay Chokal-Ingam hatched the plan in 1998 after realizing in college that Vijay Chokal-Ingam grades weren't going to be good enough to get into med school as an Indian-American.
article_snippet.sent: Despite a relatively mediocre 3.1 college grade-point average and a good-but-not-great score of 31 on the Medical College Admission Test, Chokal-Ingam claims Chokal-Ingam was wooed by several top medical schools.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam even posts documents on Chokal-Ingam to bolster Chokal-Ingam claims, including an enthusiastic letter from a dean at the Emory University School of Medicine congratulating Chokal-Ingam on Chokal-Ingam "excellent scores" on the MCAT.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam never applied to medical schools as an Indian-American.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately, Chokal-Ingam told CNN Chokal-Ingam applied at 22 medical schools and interviewed at 11.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam was wait-listed at four schools and got into only one.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam eventually attended Saint Louis University Medical School, dropping out after two years.
article_snippet.sent: But a Saint Louis University spokeswoman disputed the account, telling the Huffington Post that race never played a role in Chokal-Ingam admission.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam MCAT scores and science grade point average met SLU's criteria for admission at that time, and Chokal-Ingam race or ethnicity did not factor into Chokal-Ingam acceptance into the University," the website quoted SLU spokeswoman Nancy Solomon as saying.