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Table 4 Effect of being in top 10% at end of 11th grade on persistence outcomes

From: Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

Enrolled Flagship in: Year 2

0.026

0.022

0.031

0.025

0.081

0.057

 

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.028)

(0.026)

(0.043)

(0.038)

Year 3

0.036

0.031

0.039

0.033

0.082

0.060

 

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.027)

(0.025)

(0.043)

(0.038)

Year 4

0.020

0.015

0.029

0.021

0.074

0.057

 

(0.019)

(0.018)

(0.027)

(0.025)

(0.043)

(0.039)

Enrolled Priv/OOS in: Year 2

-0.061**

-0.058**

-0.032

-0.032

-0.051

-0.051

 

(0.023)

(0.022)

(0.032)

(0.030)

(0.054)

(0.049)

Year 3

-0.043

-0.040

-0.009

-0.008

-0.044

-0.043

 

(0.023)

(0.021)

(0.031)

(0.030)

(0.051)

(0.046)

Year 4

-0.044

-0.040

-0.022

-0.022

-0.023

-0.022

 

(0.022)

(0.021)

(0.031)

(0.029)

(0.051)

(0.046)

Enrolled in 4-Yr: Year 2

-0.044

-0.040

-0.008

-0.012

-0.011

-0.029

 

(0.030)

(0.025)

(0.042)

(0.035)

(0.064)

(0.052)

Year 3

-0.023

-0.020

0.024

0.021

0.030

0.013

 

(0.030)

(0.026)

(0.042)

(0.036)

(0.063)

(0.051)

Year 4

-0.021

-0.017

0.025

0.019

0.069

0.050

 

(0.030)

(0.026)

(0.042)

(0.036)

(0.067)

(0.056)

Transfer to More Selective School

-0.003

-0.001

-0.032

-0.029

0.006

0.007

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.022)

(0.022)

(0.038)

(0.033)

Transfer to Less Selective School

0.006

0.008

0.013

0.010

-0.033

-0.034

 

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.038)

(0.037)

Dropped Out (=0 if did not enroll)

-0.003

-0.002

0.002

-0.001

-0.049

-0.057

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.023)

(0.023)

(0.038)

(0.037)

Total Semesters: Flagship

0.279

0.245

0.349

0.293

0.589*

0.459*

 

(0.150)

(0.141)

(0.208)

(0.193)

(0.261)

(0.233)

Total Semester: 4 Year

-0.188

-0.161

0.242

0.202

0.229

0.130

 

(0.209)

(0.174)

(0.295)

(0.240)

(0.344)

(0.267)

Total Semesters: Highly or Most Competitive

-0.104

-0.119

0.249

0.178

0.338

0.217

 

(0.196)

(0.165)

(0.276)

(0.229)

(0.320)

(0.259)

Total Semesters: Private or Out-of-State

-0.396*

-0.376*

-0.122

-0.125

-0.211

-0.232

 

(0.165)

(0.155)

(0.227)

(0.214)

(0.303)

(0.272)

Bandwidth

10

10

5

5

IK opt bw

IK opt bw

Baseline covariates?

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

  1. Note: Enrollment outcomes refer to enrollment in the indicated year following high school graduation. Total semesters enrolled refers to enrollment over the four years following high school graduation. The specifications are the same as in Table 3. N for bw=10 is 4,197; bw=5 is 2110. Robust standard errors in parentheses. **, * denote statistically significant estimate at the 1% and 5% level, respectively.
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