On being a dean.

Reviewing the predictive validity of admission criteria to improve the selection process is important to a school in maintaining quality in the entering class. For this reason, the authors studied how the academic criteria used to select the 420 students who entered Dartmouth Medical School from 1982 to 1986 compared with the students' first-year academic performances. The criteria used were Medical College Admission Test scores, undergraduate science grade-point averages, and college selectivity (i.e., the academic caliber of the students' undergraduate colleges). Results showed that a combination of these criteria were useful in identifying the students who were successful in their first year. The authors suggest that their findings also demonstrate the ability to an admission committee to subjectively weigh these academic criteria with consistent results in student performance.

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PubMed1992

Secondary school and admission test grades as predictors of performance of medical students.

The performance of three consecutive classes of students admitted to the Colleges of Medicine and Medical Sciences at King Faisal University was studied. All students took the high school graduation examination and sat the college admission test. It was found that performance on the admission test was a better predictor than high school grades in the first two levels of the medical curriculum. However, performance in a combination of certain high school and admission test subjects was a more powerful predictor of students' achievement at all levels. This study indicates that the college admission test is a useful additional tool in the process of medical student selection at this college. Further studies are needed, however, for the formulation of general recommendations.

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PubMed1992

Using the TOEFL at NTID/RIT.

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