This report examines how
well high school grade point average and standardized exam scores predict college grades by the urbanicity of students» hometown and timing of college entry.
We find evidence that eligible students»
high school grade point averages fell by 0.01 (from a pre-policy base of 2.38) and that the likelihood of being incarcerated fell by 0.1 percentage points (from a pre-policy base of 0.3 percentage points).
A team of researchers led by Michael T. French, professor of health economics at the University of Miami (UM), finds
that high school grade point average (GPA) is a strong predictor of future earnings.
In fact,
high school grade point average (GPA) is as good a predictor, and often, better predictor of first - year college success AND four - year college persistence than the SAT (See here and here and here and here and here).
This report is a companion to a study that found that
high school grade point average was a stronger predictor of performance in college - level English and math than were standardized exam scores among first - time students at the University of Alaska who enrolled directly in college - level courses.
In most cases, after you enter in some basic information — such as
your high school grade point average, intended college major, and extracurricular activities — the engine automatically finds hundreds or thousands of scholarships that you are eligible for.
Yet, in some sense, it tells as little about an individual as
a high school grade point average does.
Sponsored by the Ventura College Foundation, the «promise» is that all recent Ventura County high school graduates, regardless of family income, the number of units taken, or
high school grade point average, will have their enrollment fees covered during their first year of attendance at Ventura College.