Predicting college readiness in STEM

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for reviewing chapters and providing helpful feedback along the way. Finally, thank you to my family and friends for their love and support throughout this journey. A very special thanks to Anthony for your support, beginning with providing feedback on my first ideas for the dissertation to editing the final drafts. Thank you for debating details that no one else would have understood or cared about. I am forever grateful for your never-ending support and encouragement. I truly could not have done this without you. In addition, thank you to the many friends I have made during my time in graduate school, especially Rebecca, Lauren, Angelica, Charles, Aaron, Wei Cheng, Joleen, and Barbara. Last, but certainly not least, thank you to my mom for instilling a love of learning, for always believing in me, and for making me believe that I was capable of accomplishing my dreams.