Name: Thomas Jones

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 03/01/2016

Request Date End: 11/04/2025

Details: Recently in FOI 25-130 the university provided race, MCAT, GPA, Matriculation, and Acceptance data and provided it with a de-identified unique identifier for each applicant.

This request asks for similar data, including the initial data provided in 25-130, but including additional fields. Specifically the fields requested are:

Unique Individual ID | AMCAS Year of Application | Self-Identified Race-Ethnicity Category | Total Undergraduate GPA | Most Recent MCAT2015 Score | Acceptance Indicator | Matriculation Indicator | USMLE Step One Outcome (P/F) - First Attempt | USMLE Step Two Score - First Attempt | Clerkship Grade - Internal Medicine | Clerkship Grade - Surgery | Clerkship Grade - OB/GYN | Clerkship Grade - Family Medicine | Clerkship Grade - Psychiatry | Clerkship Grade - Neurology | Clerkship Grade - Ambulatory Pediatrics | Clerkship Grade - Inpatient Pediatrics | Clerkship Grade - Ambulatory Medicine | Clerkship Grade - Inpatient Medicine

As was provided in the previous request we are requesting that you include the same Unique Identifier that you included in the production from 25-130.

We are only requesting data on matriculants from the class that entered in 2016 through the most recent class for which there is any data in the USMLE related fields.

We would note that the provision of this information is vital for the public's understanding of the performance of applicants admitted under race conscious admissions policies. We would highlight scholarly reports which utilized similar data to that which we are requesting, specifically, "Signatures of medical student applicants and academic success", Tal Baron,Robert I. Grossman,Steven B. Abramson,Martin V. Pusic,Rafael Rivera,Marc M. Triola,Itai Yanai
Published: January 15, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227108, which analyzed a similarly deidentified, albeit larger, dataset.

As you did in the production of 25-130, we would agree to the redaction of race identifies for small groups that would allow the reidentification of individuals.

We have a XLS file that details the fields we are requesting that we can provide when you reply to and acknowledge this request.

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