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Table 5 Association between high school programs and graduating GPA

From: Admission criteria and academic performance in medical school

High school degree

Graduating GPA

Mean(SE)a

Correlation between graduating GPA and high school admission grades

Pearson Correlation

P value

JGSC

3.09(0.02)s,k,q

0.476

 < 0.001

IGCSG

3.17(0.07)s,k,q

0.479

 < 0.001

SAT

3.23(0.18)

0.576

0.105

IB

3.27(0.14)s,k,q

0.647

0.007

Bahrein

2.81(0.08)

0.625

0.098

Canada

2.71(0.22)

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UAE

2.97(0.19)

0.451

0.191

Irak

2.76(0.20)

0.86

0.341

Israel

3.01(0.17)

0.579

0.133

Kuweit

2.68(0.08)j, i, b

0.469

0.014

Lybia

2.80(0.26)

0.381

0.619

Malysia

2.73(0.07)

0.233

0.443

Palestine

3.00(0.20)

0.604

0.085

Qatar

2.44(0.08) j, i, b

-0.059

0.912

Saudi

2.76(0.07) j, i, b

0.225

0.223

Syria

3.09(0.17)

0.4

0.285

Yemen

   
  1. a Statistical differences between high school degrees were assessed with Kruskal Wallis test; Abbreviations: s: significantly different from Saudi degrees; K: significantly different from Kuwaiti degrees; Q significantly different from Qatari degrees, JGSC significantly different from Jordanian Secondary general exam; I: significantly different from IGCSE; b: significantly different from IB