Tel Aviv U commits to 10% of admitted med students being from underrepresented groups

Tel Aviv University announces that beginning the fall, 10 percent of students admitted to the first year of its six-year School of Medicine program will be from underrepresented populations: Haredim, Ethiopian Israelis, and outstanding and high-potential students from the north and south of the country — the social and economic peripheries.

There will be a total of 12 of these students, and any unfilled spots from within one population group will be offered to candidates from the other groups. Applicants from all of these groups will benefit from adapted admission requirements, especially regarding noncognitive and personality assessments.

“All candidates admitted to the school must meet all academic requirements. Adaptations will only be made in noncognitive national tests, in which we have found that individuals from these groups have lower chances for success. We have no doubt that these candidates can and will do well in their studies and become excellent physicians, as expected from all alumni of TAU’s School of Medicine,” says Prof. Ido Wolf, head of the school of medicine.