{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T10:09:00Z","timestamp":1772446140741,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":51,"publisher":"Informa UK Limited","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,1]],"date-time":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1772323200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["AMEP"],"DOI":"10.2147\/amep.s574930","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T09:30:16Z","timestamp":1772443816000},"page":"1-13","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Admission Routes and Demographics as Predictors of Academic Performance in Medical Students: A Retrospective Cohort of Grade Point Averages (GPAs) and Comprehensive Exam Scores"],"prefix":"10.2147","volume":"Volume 17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6476-1605","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mohammad","family":"Abed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farhang","family":"Rashidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Khadijeh","family":"Adabi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samira","family":"Rajaei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alipasha","family":"Meysamie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"301","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"139","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.327.7407.139","volume":"327","author":"McManus","year":"2003","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"139","DOI":"10.1186\/s12909-018-1235-x","volume":"18","author":"Kelly","year":"2018","journal-title":"BMC Med Educ"},{"key":"ref3","unstructured":"Cleland J, Dowell J, McLachlan J, et al. Research report: identifying best practice in the selection of medical students (literature review and interview survey). London: General Medical Council; 2012."},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"36","DOI":"10.1111\/medu.12817","volume":"50","author":"Patterson","year":"2016","journal-title":"Med Educ"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"460","DOI":"10.1037\/a0025741","volume":"97","author":"Lievens","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Appl Psychol"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.5694\/mja10.11388","volume":"196","author":"Wilson","year":"2012","journal-title":"Med J Aust"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1572","DOI":"10.3390\/ejihpe12110110","volume":"12","author":"Hendi","year":"2022","journal-title":"Eur J Investigat Health Psychol Educ"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"149","DOI":"10.1097\/00001888-199003000-00005","volume":"65","author":"Mitchell","year":"1990","journal-title":"Acad Med"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"244","DOI":"10.1186\/1741-7015-11-244","volume":"11","author":"McManus","year":"2013","journal-title":"BMC Med"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1009829611335","volume":"5","author":"Haist","year":"2000","journal-title":"Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1142","DOI":"10.1097\/00001888-199512000-00019","volume":"70","author":"Fadem","year":"1995","journal-title":"Acad Med"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.1186\/s12909-023-04918-6","volume":"24","author":"Monteverde-Su\u00e1rez","year":"2024","journal-title":"BMC Med Educ"},{"key":"ref13","first-page":"454","volume":"8","author":"Kocak","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int Online J Educ Teach"},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e047354","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-047354","volume":"11","author":"McManus","year":"2021","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e056129","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2021-056129","volume":"12","author":"Paton","year":"2022","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"607","DOI":"10.3926\/jotse.2404","volume":"14","author":"Alj","year":"2024","journal-title":"J Technol Sci Educ"},{"key":"ref17","volume-title":"Non-Cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment","year":"2016"},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"50","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lindif.2018.05.009","volume":"65","author":"Lee","year":"2018","journal-title":"Learn Individual Differences"},{"key":"ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"d901","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.d901","volume":"342","author":"Woolf","year":"2011","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1007\/s10734-011-9468-1","volume":"63","author":"Rienties","year":"2012","journal-title":"Higher Educ"},{"key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1186\/s12909-023-04251-y","volume":"23","author":"Tamimi","year":"2023","journal-title":"BMC Med Educ"},{"key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"715","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsurg.2016.03.006","volume":"73","author":"Kim","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Surg Educ"},{"key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"427","DOI":"10.1007\/s10459-012-9380-1","volume":"18","author":"Al Alwan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Adv Health Sci Educ"},{"key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"279","DOI":"10.1007\/s10459-012-9371-2","volume":"18","author":"McDougle","year":"2013","journal-title":"Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract"},{"key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1506","DOI":"10.1097\/ACM.0b013e3181eadb25","volume":"85","author":"Swygert","year":"2010","journal-title":"Acad Med"},{"key":"ref26","first-page":"175","volume":"112","author":"Dixon","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Am Osteopath Assoc"},{"key":"ref27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"222","DOI":"10.7556\/jaoa.2015.044","volume":"115","author":"Dixon","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Am Osteopath Assoc"},{"key":"ref28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"S58","DOI":"10.1097\/ACM.0b013e318183cd65","volume":"83","author":"Cuddy","year":"2008","journal-title":"Acad Med"},{"key":"ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"169","DOI":"10.1186\/s12909-020-02069-6","volume":"20","author":"Mommert","year":"2020","journal-title":"BMC Med Educ"},{"key":"ref30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"489","DOI":"10.1177\/016327878200500410","volume":"5","author":"Tucker","year":"1982","journal-title":"Eval Health Professions"},{"key":"ref31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2131","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2020.5227","volume":"323","author":"Rose","year":"2020","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref32","first-page":"e2020135","volume":"91","author":"Katmeh","year":"2020","journal-title":"Acta Biomed"},{"key":"ref33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1747","DOI":"10.2147\/AMEP.S552380","volume":"16","author":"Rashidi","year":"2025","journal-title":"Adv Med Educ Pract"},{"key":"ref34","unstructured":"Council SOTGM. Method of calculating the positive impact of GPA and the minimum passing score in the comprehensive basic sciences and pre-internship exams; 2025 [cited November 20, 2025]. Available from: https:\/\/B2n.ir\/mg2927. Accessed February 27, 2026."},{"key":"ref35","first-page":"18","author":"McDougle","year":"2012","journal-title":"Adv Health Sci Educ"},{"key":"ref36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"147","DOI":"10.15694\/mep.2018.0000147.1","volume":"7","author":"Burr","year":"2018","journal-title":"MedEdPublish"},{"key":"ref37","first-page":"125","author":"Krishna","year":"2014","journal-title":"SSRN Electron J"},{"key":"ref38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e091796","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2024-091796","volume":"15","author":"Ellis","year":"2025","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"ref39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e0141895","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0141895","volume":"10","author":"Navarro","year":"2015","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"ref40","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"S89","DOI":"10.1097\/ACM.0b013e3181400379","volume":"82","author":"Cuddy","year":"2007","journal-title":"Acad Med"},{"key":"ref41","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e10740","DOI":"10.1002\/aet2.10740","volume":"6","author":"Mannix","year":"2022","journal-title":"AEM Educ Train"},{"key":"ref42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"605","DOI":"10.3390\/educsci11100605","volume":"11","author":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Leyva","year":"2021","journal-title":"Educ Sci"},{"key":"ref43","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"791","DOI":"10.1007\/s10734-005-5423-3","volume":"53","author":"Li","year":"2007","journal-title":"Higher Educ"},{"key":"ref44","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1235","DOI":"10.1007\/s10734-022-00888-8","volume":"85","author":"Wilczewski","year":"2023","journal-title":"High Educ"},{"key":"ref45","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.1111\/medu.15246","volume":"58","author":"Morrison","year":"2024","journal-title":"Med Educ"},{"key":"ref46","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.21692\/haps.2020.102","volume":"Special Edition","author":"Chinnah","year":"2020","journal-title":"HAPS Educ"},{"key":"ref47","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2300194","DOI":"10.1080\/10872981.2023.2300194","volume":"29","author":"Jiang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Med Educ Online"},{"key":"ref48","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1033","DOI":"10.1111\/medu.13082","volume":"50","author":"Mathers","year":"2016","journal-title":"Med Educ"},{"key":"ref49","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e22280","DOI":"10.7759\/cureus.22280","volume":"14","author":"Jacobparayil","year":"2022","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"key":"ref50","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1002\/aet2.10394","volume":"4","author":"Andrusaitis","year":"2020","journal-title":"AEM Educ Train"},{"key":"ref51","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"8966","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18178966","volume":"18","author":"Urruticoechea","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int J Environ Res Public Health"}],"container-title":["Advances in Medical Education and Practice"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/article\/download\/112560","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/article\/download\/112560","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T09:30:20Z","timestamp":1772443820000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/admission-routes-and-demographics-as-predictors-of-academic-performanc-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEP"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"references-count":51,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/amep.s574930","relation":{},"ISSN":["1179-7258"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1179-7258","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]}}}