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Micceri, Theodore – Online Submission, 2010
This study sought to determine whether the use of standardized test scores contributes any useful information regarding First Time in College (FTIC) students' probable success at USF, using more detailed analysis of underrepresented minorities and women, who Micceri (2009) shows, experience substantial negative bias relative to males and whites on…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Grade Point Average, Females, Males

Podhajsky, Mark J. – Journal of College Admission, 1997
Examines the use of rank-in-class (RIC) in the college admission process. Reviews the changes occurring in education that have an effect on RIC. Discusses the advantages of using RIC as a predictor of college success. (MKA)
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, Educational Change, Higher Education

Mulvenon, Sean W.; Stegman, Charles; Thorn, Antoinette; Thomas, Shawn – Journal of College Admission, 1999
Results of two surveys completed by scholarship recipients revealed that ACT scores and class ranking were important predictor variables for success in college. This study also showed a strong correlation between high school grade point average and freshman grade point average. (MKA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, Grade Point Average
Wilczenski, Felicia L.; Gillespie-Silver, Patricia – 1991
The study explored the qualifications of learning-disabled college students by examining the academic performance (first year grade point average--GPA) of 179 learning-disabled and 249 nonlearning-disabled students classified by two objective admission criteria--either Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or high-school class rank. Overall, the scores…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
Crooks, Terence J. – 1980
Six widely used college admissions variables and four course-specific measures (tests of entering mathematical skills and physics knowledge, and indexes of previous study of mathematics and physics) were correlated with final marks for 495 students in an introductory college physics course. The college admissions variables included scores on…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations

Touron, Javier – Higher Education, 1987
A study at the Licenciate in Medicine in Spain showed the best predictors of first-year medical school grades to be science course grades, the overall admission test score, and the test score average. Implications for admissions and counseling are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Micceri, Ted – 2001
This study sought to determine which, if any, of the possible predictor variables based on relationships with college performance available at freshman entry would prove useful in selecting students for admission. A study of the relationships between four college performance variables and eight admission variables was conducted using seven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, Cohort Analysis, College Admission
Boldt, Robert F. – 1986
This study investigated whether or not the validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is both higher and less variable across colleges than it appears to be. Data from 99 validity studies conducted by the Validity Study Service of the College Board were used. In addition to test validities based on first-year college averages, which were…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Generalization

Friedman, Charles P.; Bakewell, William E., Jr. – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
An analysis of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and its relationship to the criterion of class standing achieved in the school year ending in the spring of 1979 has been undertaken by the University of California, Irvine, to determine the MCAT's predictive power so that test results can be used in admissions procedure. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations

Larose, Simon; Robertson, Donald U.; Roy, Roland; Legault, Frederic – Research in Higher Education, 1998
Reports two studies hypothesizing that nonintellectual learning dispositions are as important as intellectual assets in predicting college student success. One study was conducted with 298 low-risk francophone students in Canada; the second involved 179 academically at-risk students in the United States. Implications of the results for selection,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Morgan, Beverly D. – 1992
The relationship between scores on the American College Test (ACT) and grade point averages of first-time college freshmen after the first year of study was investigated by correlating ACT composite scores and grade point averages (GPAs). ACT scores and GPAs were obtained for 100 first-time freshmen at an urban state university in Illinois. There…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Manski, Charles F.; And Others – 1983
The processes of choosing a college and being accepted by a college are analyzed, based on data on nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. Econometric modeling and descriptive statistics are provided on: student behavior in selecting a college, choosing school/nonschool…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank, College Admission