Can't merit be the big requirement? Why should any number of seats be set aside for ancestry? I've never been sick, or in pain at a doctor's office and wondered "gee, I sure hope my doctor is of an ethnically diverse background."

I don't care. I don't care what colour their skin is. I don't care if it's a man or a woman. Be white, be black, be native, be asian, be a freaking martian. 

Can we please stop with the endless pandering to "racial diversity", and just get good doctors? I do not want a student with awesome potential to not get in because their ancestry isn't right for the seats that are left.

It wouldn't fly if a Native got told that they were a stellar fit for the program, and the administration really hopes that they apply again next year... because the seats in the class that are left are reserved for white people. Folks would call that "racist". And they'd be right.