• Jayesh R Parmar, Frederick R Tejada, Lynn A Lang, Miriam Purnell, Lisa Acedera, and Ferdinand Ngonga.
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Princess Anne, Maryland.
• Am J Pharm Educ. 2015 Aug 25; 79 (6): 86.

ObjectiveTo determine if there is a correlation between TOEFL and other admissions criteria that assess communications skills (ie, PCAT variables: verbal, reading, essay, and composite), interview, and observational scores and to evaluate TOEFL and these admissions criteria as predictors of academic performance.MethodsStatistical analyses included two sample t tests, multiple regression and Pearson's correlations for parametric variables, and Mann-Whitney U for nonparametric variables, which were conducted on the retrospective data of 162 students, 57 of whom were foreign-born.ResultsThe multiple regression model of the other admissions criteria on TOEFL was significant. There was no significant correlation between TOEFL scores and academic performance. However, significant correlations were found between the other admissions criteria and academic performance.ConclusionSince TOEFL is not a significant predictor of either communication skills or academic success of foreign-born PharmD students in the program, it may be eliminated as an admissions criterion.

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