Indeed, because the tests have such strong systematics, the use of GRE and PGRE scores as a measure of potential success has well - documented and powerful effects on the demographics of
the resulting graduate cohorts.
Not exact matches
Here's the
result that has gotten the most press: Academic research careers were less popular with the late
cohorts than the early ones in all disciplines, suggesting, perhaps, that
graduate students are disillusioned by exposure to the lives and careers of their faculty advisers.
The scholars analyze test
results for the high - school
graduating class of 2011, the most recent
cohort for which data are available.
Admission to the BTR is highly competitive, and the
cohort of 600 that have
graduated since 2004 have shown promising
results.