Summary statistics on fall 1984 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

A guide to what college-bound students need to know to prepare the most effective college application is presented by three former college admissions officers. Step-by-step strategies are offered to help students take control of the application process and use it to their best advantage. Three basic areas of a college application are examined:…

Summary statistics on fall 1985 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

Summary statistics on fall 1983 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

A description of the Graduate Management Admission Council's New Matriculants Survey focusing on school selection by Masters of Business Administration students is presented. Four sections are as follows: (1) reasons for applying and enrolling (including student differences in reasons for applying); (2) who applies to more than one school (e.g.,…

Summary statistics on fall 1986 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

Summary statistics on fall 1981 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

Summary statistics for the fall of 1976 on application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario universities are presented. This report is the fourth in a series of annual reports that began with admissions in the fall of 1973. Statistics deal only with applicants processed by the…

Summary statistics are presented for the fall of 1975 on application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario universities. This is the third in a series of annual reports that began with admissions in the fall of 1973. Statistics deal only with applicants processed by the…

Summary statistics are presented for the fall of 1977 on application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario universities. This is the fifth in a series of annual reports that began with admissions in the fall of 1973. Statistics deal only with applicants processed by the…

The accredited schools of pharmacy in the United States are listed, and information is given for each school on: institutional background, curriculum, entrance requirements, selection factors, financial aid availability, advanced placement, application and acceptance timetables, estimated expenses for first-year classes, class demography (in- and…

Changes were analyzed using both Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores and grade point average. Modest gains were shown: in the men and women applicants' scores on the MCAT biology, chemistry, physics, and science problems subtests; in all age categories except over 32; and for all ethnic or racial groups except blacks. (Author/LB)

Hundreds of prospective students engage the Owens Community College (OCC) three-step admission process each semester before voluntarily disengaging the institution. A study was conducted to assess student motivation to engage or disengage OCC based on factors related to student disposition, institutional motivation, and student situation, and to…

The report synthesizes and summarizes trends in the numbers and characteristics of persons who have applied to selected health professions schools (i.e., allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine) from 1977 to 1987. It is based primarily on data made available by the professional associations of the schools and…

Data from graduate student applications at a large Western university were used to determine which factors were the best predictors of success in graduate school, as defined by cumulative graduate grade point average. Two statistical models were employed and compared: artificial neural networking and simultaneous multiple regression. Both models…