This article outlines shortcomings of currently used university admissions tests and discusses ways in which they could potentially be improved, summarizing two projects designed to enhance college and university admissions. The projects were inspired by the augmented theory of successful intelligence, according to which successful intelligence…

This research examined whether the SAT and ACT would predict college grade point average (GPA) after removing g from the tests. SAT and ACT scores and freshman GPAs were obtained from a university sample (N=161) and the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth (N=8984). Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships among g, GPA,…

The purpose of this research was to further study the breadth and depth dimensions of the WAIS similarities and vocabulary subscales by factor analyzing several measures of intelligence: a comprehension index, SAT scores, and grade point average (GPA). (Author/SJL)

High school teachers and counselors, especially those concerned with the lower grade levels, should take into consideration a student's socioeconomic background along with his intellective factors whenever his academic performance is predicted. In lower grades where intelligence tests cannot be given effectively, socioeconomic status (SES) index…

Thirty bilingual Hispanoamerican students between the ages of eight and thirteen were given verbal and non-verbal intelligence tests which were then correlated with overall school grade point average. Non-verbal tests resulted in higher correlations; the Raven Colored Progressive Matrices appeared to be the best predictor of school successes of…