Admission assessment criteria in predicting students’ academic performance in newly established medical school

Introduction: Various medical education institutions
around the world have different methods and criteria
in selecting the ideal candidate. This study aims to
determine the most appropriate admission criteria for
predicting student academic performance in a newly
established medical faculty in Indonesia.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we collected
admission and academic performance data from 140
students admitted in 2016, 2017, and 2019. Data
included academic ability test results, psychological
test recommendation, and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
during admission.
Results: There was a significant correlation
between students’ academic ability test results and
IQ with academic performance (p<0.05), with a
very weak level of correlation (r= 0.1888 and r=
0.278, respectively). On the other hand, there was