Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)

In 1978, Allan Bakke was denied his application to the medical school at the University of California, despite his MCAT scores, GPA, and benchmark scores being “significantly higher” than those of some minority applicants who were admitted. The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bakke, and believed that a quota system discriminated against racial groups, whether they be white or black. The court ruled in favor of getting rid of the quota system, which the medical school appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Overall, the Court decided that a state may constitutionally consider race as a factor in its university admissions to promote educational diversity. I believe that this is a very difficult topic to discuss, especially if presented in front of a court, but, the U.S. Supreme Court has made the right decision. Denying the “quota system” that many colleges around the United States use would only cause more problems with race relations, and would also dramatically reduce the “fairness” of the free market, in regards to searching for a job, and would greatly decrease the educational diversity that many colleges fight for.