Table 5 Dental School Admission by Predictors (N = 129) Mean ± SD or %
From: Predicting professional school performance with a unique lens: are there other cognitive predictors?
Matriculated into dental school | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | P value | |
N | 121 | 8 | |
Undergraduate School Rigor | |||
Low | 83% | 17% | .034 |
Mid | 94% | 6% | |
High | 98% | 2% | |
OHS GPA | 3.53 ± 0.25 | 3.06 ± 0.17 | < 0.001 |
Undergraduate GPA | 3.09 ± 0.26 | 3.21 ± 0.28 | .23 |
# Undergraduate BCP credits | 67.7 ± 19.9 | 66.3 ± 23.3 | .73 |
# Undergraduate BCPM credits | 80.0 ± 21.3 | 76.8 ± 28.7 | .63 |
Took undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology course | |||
Yes | 93 | 7 | .73 |
No | 94 | 6 | |
Took undergraduate Biochemistry course | |||
Yes | 94 | 6 | .64 |
No | 92 | 8 | |
Took undergraduate Cell Biology course | |||
Yes | 94 | 6 | .99 |
No | 94 | 6 | |
Took undergraduate Physiology course | |||
Yes | 94 | 6 | .99 |
No | 94 | 6 | |
% B+ or better grade in OHS Physiology | |||
Yes | 99 | 1 | .009 |
No | 87 | 13 | |
% B+ or better grade in OHS Biochemistry | |||
Yes | 99 | 1 | .003 |
No | 84 | 16 | |
DAT Academic Average | 19.6 ± 2.0 | 18.5 ± 1.4 | .11 |
DAT Reading Comprehension | 21.0 ± 2.5 | 19.8 ± 1.2 | .02 |
DAT Total Science | 18.9 ± 1.7 | 17.9 ± 1.5 | .12 |