The Graduate Admissions Interview: Benefits and Costs.

Walden, Theodore

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Publication Date: 1979

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The Graduate Admissions Interview: Benefits and Costs.

Walden, Theodore

College and University, v55 n1 p50-59 Fall 1979

The high cost of compulsory admissions interviews and the lack of proven effectiveness in predicting academic success is discussed. Selective interviewing is seen as an effective compensatory device for overcoming culturally/racially biased test scores or grade point averages and as a recruitment mechanism. Suggestions for essay questions are provided. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Anxiety, College Admission, Cost Effectiveness, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Interviews, Prediction, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation, Student Recruitment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Non-Classroom

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