Focusing on freshmen commuter students and freshmen dormitory students at Johnson and Wales College, general characteristics and academic achievement were measured. General entrance characteristics included student age, College Entrance Examination Board scores and high school rank. Academic achievement was measured in terms of student grades in Introduction to Accounting and Business Mathematics courses. In addition, final grade-point averages were compared as an indicator of academic achievement. In general, entrance characteristics for commuter and dormitory students were similar. Some differences in academic achievement were noted in Introduction to Accounting and Business Mathematics courses and in terms of the students' final grade-point averages. (Author/KE)