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College Admission Test

Ramsbottom-Lucier, M. et al., Albanese, M.A. et al., Swanson, D.B. et al.

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Preliminary study of the accuracies of the old and new medical college admission tests for predicting performance on USMLE Step 1 [1].
A longitudinal database was used to provide information on the 557 students in six entering classes (1984-1989) at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. The preadmission variables were undergraduate science and cumulative grade-point averages (GPAs), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores, and interview ratings [2].
In 2001, Dr Jordan Cohen, President of the AAMC, called for medical schools to consider using an Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) threshold to eliminate high-risk applicants from consideration and then to use non-academic qualifications for further consideration [3].

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Preliminary study of the accuracies of the old and new medical college admission tests for predicting performance on USMLE Step 1. Swanson, D.B., Case, S.M., Koenig, J., Killian, C.D. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. (1996) [Pubmed]
Age and gender differences in students' preadmission qualifications and medical school performances. Ramsbottom-Lucier, M., Johnson, M.M., Elam, C.L. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. (1995) [Pubmed]
Statistical criteria for setting thresholds in medical school admissions. Albanese, M.A., Farrell, P., Dottl, S. Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice. (2005) [Pubmed]

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