Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA. (iStock)
"The numbers show that UCLA is engaged in intentional racial balancing. Between 2020 and 2023, the percentage of white and Asian applicants to Geffen was consistently around 73% of the total applicant pool. Yet, the percentage of matriculants to Geffen who are white and Asian plummeted: 65.7% in 2020, 57.1% in 2021, 57.8% in 2022, and 53.7% in 2023," the lawsuit alleges.
UCLA's medical school is highly competitive with an acceptance rate of about 3.3%, according to U.S. News and World Report's college rankings.
The suit names a bevy of defendants, ranging from the medical school to the governing board of the University of California's college system to the associate dean of admissions at the medical school.
Fox News Digital reached out to UCLA and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on Thursday afternoon for comment on the lawsuit but did not immediately receive replies.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
"This investigation reflects the Administration’s commitment to honor the hard work, excellence, and individual achievement of all students in the pipeline for the medical profession – not just those of particular racial backgrounds," Anthony Archeval, acting director of the Office for Civil Rights at HHS, said in a press release in March announcing the investigation.
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The HHS investigation was sparked by multiple whistleblowers in the admissions office claiming that the school set lower standards for Black and Latino applicants compared to White and Asian counterparts, the Washington Free Beacon reported this month.
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