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> How does a white middle class male answer?

Someone close to me hired a writer to pen a woke entrance essay for their son. This was after a guidance counselor warned that "people like him" are having a hard time getting into medical school right now. We can't say if it worked or not, but he did get in.



A couple questions, since you're here:

• were you asked to write an essay that took an aspect of his life and portrayed it from a woke perspective, or were you asked to fabricate an essay from whole cloth?

• why do you think your friend asked you to write the essay? Was it based on your race/sex/etc., or are you an expert in the field based on your occupation?

• have you given any thought to the consequences of writing essays like this for applicants? Do you think the ethics of writing these essays differs from the ethics of writing entrance essays in general (where this essay signals ideological alignment in addition to competence, if well-written)?




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