Table 5.
Predictor Variables and Covariates by Post-College Outcome: African-American Meyerhoff Students, 1989–2003
| Post-College Outcome |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD (N=58) | MD (N=44) | Master's (N=37) | No Grad (N=40) | Total (N=179) | |
| Predictors | |||||
| Research Excitement at College Entry | 4.22 (1.1) | 3.55 (1.1) | 3.54 (1.1) | 3.60 (1.2) | 3.78 (1.2) |
| Undergraduate GPA | 3.51 (.28) | 3.44 (.29) | 3.21 (.30) | 3.06 (.42) | 3.33 (.37) |
| Core Components | 25.0 (4.5) | 24.5 (4.1) | 24.4 (4.8) | 22.2 (3.9) | 24.1 (4.4) |
| Outside Support & Influence | 6.2 (2.1) | 6.3 (1.9) | 5.1 (2.0) | 5.0 (1.8) | 5.7 (2.1) |
| Academic Help | 7.1 (2.4) | 7.8 (1.8) | 7.4 (2.1) | 7.6 (2.3) | 7.4 (2.2) |
| Covariates | |||||
| Gender (female) | 57% | 57% | 30% | 55% | 51% |
| High School GPA | 3.8 (0.3) | 3.7 (0.3) | 3.5 (0.3) | 3.5 (0.3) | 3.6 (0.3) |
| Math SAT | 654.7 (43.6) | 637.7 (40.0) | 644.3 (42.1) | 637.0 (47.9) | 644.4 (43.8) |
| Verbal SAT | 612.8 (61.5) | 624.8 (42.7) | 624.1 (47.6) | 616.8 (59.1) | 618.9 (53.9) |
| Parental Education | 6.8 (1.6) | 6.3 (2.1) | 6.3 (2.2) | 6.5 (1.7) | 6.5 (1.9) |
| Year of Entry | 1996.5 (3.6) | 1994.5 (3.5) | 1994.7 (3.7) | 1994.8 (3.5) | 1995.3 (3.6) |
Note: Number in parentheses below means are standard deviations.