The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School.

ABSTRACT: Historically, admissions committees for biomedical Ph.D. programs have heavily weighed GRE scores when considering applications for admission. The predictive validity of GRE scores on graduate student success is unclear, and there have been no recent investigations specifically on the relationship between general GRE scores and graduate student success in biomedical research. Data from Vanderbilt University Medical School's biomedical umbrella program were used to test to what extent GRE scores can predict outcomes in graduate school training when controlling for other admissions information. Overall, the GRE did not prove useful in predicating who will graduate with a Ph.D., pass the qualifying exam, have a shorter time to defense, deliver more conference presentations, publish more first

SUBMITTER: Moneta-Koehler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5226333 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature