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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Econ Stud. 2015 May 15;82(4):1247–1288. doi: 10.1093/restud/rdv023

Table A1.1.

Score Weights (ω) and Length of Study

Weightsa (%) Length (years)
Language Math GPA Social Sc Science max(Social Sc., Science)b
Medicine 22 30 25 0 23 0 7
Law 33 19 27 21 0 0 5
Engineering 18 40 27 0 15 0 6
Business 21 36 31 0 0 12 5
Health 23 29 28 0 20 0 5
Science 19 36 30 0 15 0 5
Arts&Social 31 23 28 18 0 0 5
Education 30 25 30 0 0 15 5
a

Weights used to form the index in admissions decisions, weights on the six components add to 100%.

b

Business and education majors allow student to use either social science or science scores to form their indices, students use the higher score if they took both tests.