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How Students Performed
on
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Graduate Admissions
Tests
PERCENTAGE
BY WHICH THE MEAN SCORE OF TEST-TAKERS FROM SPECIFIC UNDERGRADUATE
MAJORS DIFFERS FROM THE MEAN SCORE OF ALL TEST-TAKERS
*As reported in The Chronicle for Higher Education
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Major
|
LSAT
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GMAT
|
GRE verbal
|
GRE Quant.
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| Arts & Music |
-.05%
|
-1.2%
|
+1.7%
|
-8.4%
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| English |
+5.6%
|
+4.1%
|
+14.5%
|
-5.7%
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| Foreign Langs. |
+5.7%
|
+3.3%
|
+7.9%
|
-4.2%
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| History |
+2.9%
|
+4.6%
|
+10.8%
|
-5.5%
|
| Gen.Humanities |
+4.7%
|
+1.8%
|
+7.3%
|
-5.0%
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| Philosophy |
+8.7%
|
+11.0%
|
+17.6%
|
+4.6%
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|
Major
|
LSAT
|
GMAT
|
GRE verbal
|
GRE Quant.
|
| Political Science |
-1.6%
|
+.06%
|
+3.5%
|
-5.0%
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| Psychology |
+0.9%
|
+0.8%
|
+3.1%
|
-4.0%
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| Sociology |
-7.0%
|
-5.0%
|
-5.0%
|
-15.0%
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| Education |
-8.7%
|
-4.2%
|
-10.4%
|
-15.8%
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| Speech |
-2.7%
|
nr
|
-6.0%
|
-14.3%
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| Philosophy |
+8.7%
|
+11.0%
|
+17.6%
|
+4.6%
|
|
Major
|
LSAT
|
GMAT
|
GRE verbal
|
GRE Quant.
|
| Biology |
+4.0%
|
+3.3%
|
+5.4%
|
+8.0%
|
| Mathematics |
+12.8%
|
+13.3%
|
+2.7%
|
+26.3%
|
| Chemistry |
+7.6%
|
+7.5%
|
+2.1%
|
+18.3%
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| Business Admin |
-4.5%
|
-0.8%
|
-9.1%
|
-2.3%
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| Management |
-5.4%
|
-7.7%
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nr
|
nr
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| Philosophy |
+8.7%
|
+11.0%
|
+17.6%
|
+4.6%
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nr=not reported
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