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From School to College. Testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (Public Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1982).
Hargadon, Fred – 1982
Perspectives on secondary school preparation and college admissions, and specifically admissions to selective colleges, are provided. According to a 1977 Stanford University document (which is briefly summarized but not appended), there is considerable variation in the number of solid academic courses taken by high school students, and capable…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Bound Students
Processing the Quantitative Part of Admissions Criteria.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Garrison, Dean H. – College and University, 1981
A statistical model is presented for processing quantitative admission data that weights equally two or more quantitative elements to ensure that the N most consistently high scorers qualify for the N available positions. The quantitative elements considered are overall grade point average (GPA), GPA in selected courses, and standardized test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection, Decision Making
Admission Anxiety in the 1990s: Are We Part of the Problem or the Solution?
Zuker, R. Fred – College Board Review, 1992
In the last decade, there has been a dramatic increase in student stress associated with the college admission process. It is the responsibility of admissions professionals, with support from school counselors and administrators, to inform students and parents, reduce the obsession with selectivity, and concentrate on providing students with…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Role
College Admissions and the Transition to Postsecondary Education. Testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (Public Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1982).
MacVicar, Margaret L. A. – 1982
The admissions process at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), freshmen year courses, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) are discussed. MIT's admissions criteria include the College Board Achievement Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, high school transcripts, essay replies by applicants, letters of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Freshmen
AP or Vocational.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Phelps, M. Overton; Swann, Claire C. – College and University, 1986
Twenty highly selective colleges were surveyed to discover the effect on admissibility of a hypothetical high school senior taking a vocational course during the senior year instead of a second advanced placement course. While none would admit the vocational course participant, most would admit his dual-AP-course counterpart. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement, College Admission, College Bound Students
Questions and Admissions: Reflections on 100,000 Admissions Decisions at Stanford.
Fetter, Jean H. – 1995
This is a first-hand account of the process used in selecting undergraduates at Stanford University (California) between 1984 and 1991. The topics covered are also relevant to the procedures followed in many four-year colleges throughout the United States. There are sections on the use and abuse of standardized tests and on special considerations…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Affirmative Action