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With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally? With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool:
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