THE FACTORS RELATED TO COUNSELING AND THEIR EFFECT UPON GRADUATION WERE STUDIED. THREE STUDIES WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED WERE REPLICATED. THE PREVIOUS STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI BY SHEPHERD, BORRESEN, AND JOHNSON. THE PRESENT STUDY USED 471 SUBJECTS. A NONCOUNSELED COMPARISON GROUP WAS MATCHED TO A COUNSELED GROUP FOR THE SHEPHERD REPLICATION. PART OF SHEPHERD'S COUNSELED SAMPLE WITH APPROPRIATE DIAGNOSTIC CODES WAS USED FOR THE JOHNSON REPLICATION. IN ALL CASES OF ANALYTICAL TREATMENTS OF THE BASIC STUDY, COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN COUNSELOR DIAGNOSTIC BIAS AND COUNSELOR SUCCESS RATE. RESULTS WERE PRESENTED FOR EACH OF THE REPLICATIONS. RESULTS WERE EQUIVOCAL. (RS)