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Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College
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Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College

Linda E. Brody, Susan G. Assouline and Julian C. Stanley
The Gifted child quarterly, Vol.34(4), pp.138-142
10/1990
DOI: 10.1177/001698629003400402

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Abstract

This study evaluated the achievements of 65 young entrants as beginning undergraduates in a highly selective university. The group as a whole was found to be quite successful. Compared to nonaccelerants, the early entrants tended to graduate in a shorter period of time and earn more honors at graduation. For the early entrants, starting college with a large number of Advanced Placement Program credits was found to be the best predictor of outstanding academic achievement. It seems advisable for young college entrants to have Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and content knowledge equal to or greater than that of the typical freshman at the college the student will attend.

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