Beyond Admission: Understanding Pre-College Variables and the Success of At-Risk Students

Autor/in	Mattson, Christopher Erik
Titel	Beyond Admission: Understanding Pre-College Variables and the Success of At-Risk Students
Quelle	In: Journal of College Admission, (2007) 196, S.8-13 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-6670
Schlagwörter	Research Universities; Grade Point Average; Standardized Tests; Academic Achievement; High Risk Students; Aptitude Tests; Academic Aptitude; Selective Admission; High Schools; Scores; Gender Differences; Admission Criteria; Predictor Variables; Leadership; College Entrance Examinations; College Admission + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungseinrichtung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schulleistung; Problemschüler; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Bildungsselektion; High school; Oberschule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Prädiktor; Führung; Führungsposition; Aufnahmeprüfung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	This study examined pre-college variables from an admission-office perspective and the ability of these variables to predict college grade point average (GPA) for students specially admitted into an academic support program for at-risk students. The research was conducted at a private, highly-selective, research university in the southwest United States. The primary determining factors for this special admission program are lower-than-average high school GPA and/or standardized test scores. Pre-college variables that most significantly predicted college GPA were high school GPA, gender of student, and leadership experience prior to applying. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores failed to predict success as measured by college GPA. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10