The medical school is raising admission standards for next year’s applicants. The David Geffen School of Medicine is raising its math and science GPA and MCAT cutoff scores to 3.4 and 512, respectively, according to a policy proposal released by school of medicine faculty and students. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is raising its math and science GPA and MCAT cutoff scores to 3.4 and 512, respectively. Many students said they are worried this will negatively affect the school’s diversity. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Roughly 200 doctors snapped, cheered and hissed at administrators during a town hall over concerns that the administration did not prioritize diversity. Faculty clashed with David Geffen School of Medicine administrators over questions surrounding the replacement of Peter Whybrow at a town hall Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine challenged administrators’ commitment to diversity at a town hall Thursday. A committee to select the new psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences chair and director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is made up of seven white men, three white women and one Latino man. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)