Comparison of Academic Achievement of Daily Students, Further Students and Aras Campus of Dentistry School of Tabriz University

Mohammad Ali Ghavimi, Arezoo Ghoreishizadeh, Negin Ghasemi, Hosein Eslami, Parisa Falsafi

Background and Objectives: One of the hot issues of concerns of many young people and families is the university entrance exam or Concours . The aim of our study was to compare the academic achievement of students in three categories: daily, Aras campus and post-graduate to each other in Tabriz dentistry school and search the relationship between university admission and their academic achievement.Methods: A total of 45 students of dentistry school of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, including 15 daily quota students accepted for university entrance examination, 15 students were admitted to Aras campus, 15 post-Graduate students enrolled the study. surgery 4 theoretical , surgery 4 practical, children 3 theoretical, children 3 practical, restorative 3 theoretical, restorative 3 practical courses scores were compared. Scores were analyzed using Chi-square tests and ANOVA. The significance level in this study was defined p≥ 0.05.Results: The mean scores of surgery 4 theoretical and practical, children 3 theoretical and practical and theoretical and practical and restorative 3, ordinary students had the highest mean scores and post-graduate students had the lowest mean score and the three groups had statistically significant differences.Conclusion: Ordinary admissions of Concours during study at university have better academic achievement than admissions of University of Medical Sciences campuses.