Significance of academic merit, test scores, interviews and the admissions process: A case study

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-43

  Hardigan, Patrick C ^a   Lai, L Leanne ^a   Arneson, Dean ^a   Robeson, Andrew ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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