Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

In 1978 Alan Bakke tried to admit to the UC Davis Medical School. The Medical School used a separate admission for minority students, which made it easier for them to get in then the white students. Alan scored a little below the median level of the minority students but scored way above the average aptitude test, but he was still denied admittance even though he did, overall, better on the test than the minority students that had been admitted. Alan took the school to court for giving an unequal advantage to s specific set of races, in the case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.

Overall this situation is being unfair to the white population. Why is it that the minorities get the special circumstances? Though, at the time there may have been less education for the colored community, but there were still opportunities for these races to get the same education as the white community. Bakke's argument of the fourteenth amendment seemed to stretch the argument, due to the fact that he did score a little less thin science. That specific field looks heavily on the science level, and since he scored less then those minority students the school might have made their decision based off of that.

Bekke won his case and was admitted to the school. In the end, Bakke acted like a spoild child who got mad since he didnt get what he wanted. People at UC Davis probably looked at him in that same way. Though, today many residences all over california are dealing with this sort of issue. Collages are accepting more out of state applications due to the fact that the students pay more money from out of state areas. These situations are what do upset the students of the community.