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Direct linkLevine, Phillip B.; Ma, Jennifer; Russell, Lauren C. – Education Finance and Policy, 2023
Do students respond to sticker prices or actual prices when applying to college? These costs differ for students eligible for financial aid. Students who do not understand this may not apply to some colleges because of the perceived high cost. We test for this form of "sticker shock" using College Board data on SAT scores sent, as a…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Student Costs, Tuition, Student Reaction
Govan, George V.; Patrick, Sondra; Yen, Cherng-Jyn – College and University, 2006
This study examined how high school seniors construct decision-making strategies for choosing a college to attend. To comprehend their decision-making strategies, we chose to examine this process through the theoretical lens of bounded rationality, which brings to light the complexity in constructing a college choice decision-making strategy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Higher Education, High School Seniors, College Choice
Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, NJ. – 1978
College applicants taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE) were surveyed regarding the tests, college admission in general, and the communications received concerning the test and their scores. Separate questionnaires were administered before taking the SAT or TSWE, after taking the test, and after…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biographical Inventories, College Admission, College Bound Students
Powers, Donald E. – 1988
To document the extent of special preparation for taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), two surveys were conducted. The first survey covered a stratified random sample of 1986-87 SAT examinees (1,364 high school seniors and 911 high school juniors), while the second survey covered a stratified random sample of 508 secondary schools whose…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software, Educational Resources
