... we can predict people’s college performance
reasonably well by simply analyzing their college
admissions essays. Across four years, we analyzed
the admissions essays of 25,000 students and then
tracked their grade point averages (GPAs). Higher
GPAs were associated with admission essays that
used high rates of nouns and low rates of verbs and
pronouns. The effects were surprisingly strong and
lasted across all years of college, no matter what
the students' major.
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