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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Sci Teach. 2014 Jul 16;51(8):1021–1048. doi: 10.1002/tea.21164

Table 2.

Five Patterns by undergraduate GPA and competitiveness of undergraduate institution

Institutional Competitiveness (Barron’s 2011 Profiles of American Colleges)
GPA* Most
Competitive
(N=9)		 Highly
Competitive
(N=8)		 Very
Competitive
(N=8)		 Competitive
(N=8)		 Less
Competitive
(N=0)		 Non
Competitive
(N=2)		 Not
Ranked**
(N=6)
Credential
   Seekers
   (N=25)		 3.31 4 (16%) 4 (16%) 1 (4%) 11 (44%) 0 1 (4%) 4 (16%)
PI Aspirants
   (N=4)		 3.81 2 (50%) 1 (25%) 0 0 0 0 1 (25%)
Path Builders
   (N=15)		 3.44 1 (7%) 3 (20%) 1 (7%) 8 (53%) 0 1 (7%) 1 (7%)
Discipline
   Changers
   (N=5)		 3.48 2 (40%) 0 2 (40%) 1 (20%) 0 0 0
Interest
   Testers
   (N=3)		 3.1 0 0 3 (100%) 0 0 0 0
*

GPAs were self-reported and provided by 48 of the 52 PREP Scholars.

**

Institutions outside of the 50 states are not ranked by Barron’s.