Grit Scores: A Predictor of Medical School Success? [Response to Letter]

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Nasser AN Alzerwi Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Ministry of Education, Al-Majmaah City, Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Nasser AN AlzerwiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Ministry of Education, P. O. Box 66, Al-Majmaah City, Riyadh Region 11952, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTel [phone]Fax [phone]Email [email protected] I thank Sharma et al for their interest in my work and putting efforts into writing an informative letter. In my study “Effects of Grit on the Academic Performance of Medical Students A Cross-Sectional Study at Majmaah University”, it was observed that the mean grit score between students who repeated a year or more and non-repeaters had a statistical significance; however, this difference does not necessarily prove that grit score can be used for predicting whether a medical student will repeat a year or not, and no significant difference in mean grit scores was found between those who repeated 1 year only (n= 53, Mean grit score= 3.16, SD = 0.56) and those who repeated more than 1 year (n= 25, Mean grit score= 3.02) (p value= 0.87). Acknowledging the fact that academic performance depends on multiple factors, unlike other studies,1,2 my study did not make any generalized claim, it just reports a significant difference in grit between repeaters and nonrepeaters. This is in response to the Letter to the Editor View the original paper by Alzerwi