the present study investigated the effect of iranian university entrance examinations and the high school grade point average (hsgpa) on agriculture students' achievement. the population included 598 admitted students at the faculties of agriculture and natural resources, university of tehran. the specific variables of the study included college grade point average (cgpa) and average of major f...

We examined the mechanisms that underlie the null relation between dispositional happiness and college grade point average (GPA) by testing the hypothesis that dispositional happiness has positive and negative indirect links to GPA that offset each other. The sample consisted of 317 first-year students. Using structural equation modeling, we found that dispositional happiness exerted a positive...

The high school grade point average (GPA) is often adjusted to account for nominal indicators of course rigor, such as “honors” or “Advanced Placement.” Adjusted GPAs—also known as weighted GPAs—are used widely for computing students’ rank in class and in the college admission process. Despite the high stakes attached to GPA, weighting policies vary considerably across states and schools, with ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of correlations between dental admissions criteria, including a chalk carving exercise, and students' subsequent academic performance. The retrospective cohort study examined the records of dental students at Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Dentistry for the years 1998 to 2008. Only those students who could be cat...

Background and Aim: Researchers believe that emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of a person’s success in life than intelligent quotient. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the EI and academic performance of senior dental students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study evaluated all senior dental students (n=131) of Tehr...

This study examined the usefulness of applying the Rasch rating scale model (Andrich, 1978) to high school grade data. ACT Assessment test scores (English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science) were used as " common items " to adjust for different grading standards in individual high school courses both within and across schools. This scaling approach yielded an ACT Assessment-adjusted high school...

The computation of Graduate Point Average (GPA) incorrectly assumes that grades are comparable across courses and instructors. GPA overstates the performance of students who elect an “easier” course of study relative to those who choose a more “difficult” course of study. This paper proposes a method of adjusting GPA and applies it to data from one cohort of undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon Un...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between current pre-admission criteria and medical student's grade point average (GPA) at the end of year 6 in 3 medical schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS We conducted this observational analytical study at 3 government medical schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2011 and February 2012. High school grades, achievement test ...

Three aspects of racial-ethnic identity (REI)-feeling connected to one's racial-ethnic group (Connectedness), being aware that others may not value the in-group (Awareness of Racism), and feeling that one's in-group is characterized by academic attainment (Embedded Achievement)-were hypothesized to promote academic achievement. Youth randomly selected from 3 low-income, urban schools (n=98 Afri...