Determinants of undergraduate GPAs: SAT scores, high-school GPA and high-school rank

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-586

  Cohn, Elchanan ^a   Cohn, Sharon ^b   Balch, Donald C ^a   Bradley Jr , James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Class rank; Eligibility for scholarships; High school and college GPA; Student attributes

Indexed keywords

CLASS; RANKING; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844225360     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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