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  • First-semester GPA a better predictor of college success than ACT score

    Feb 3, 2016 8:30 pm by Sharita ForrestResearch
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    Underrepresented students’ first-semester GPA may be a better predictor of whether they’ll graduate college than their ACT score or their family’s socioeconomic status, a new study found.