Research Notes the Relationship Between Admissions Criteria and Academic Performance in an MSW Program

Abstract

The authors report on an investigation of the correlation between admissions criteria and academic performance at one state university. The admissions data used in this study were collected from 654 MSW students who attended the school from 1985 to 1992. Test scores on a comprehensive exam taken by these MSW students prior to graduation were used as the measure of academic performance. The authors found that two admissions criteria, undergraduate GPA and GRE score, and two applicant characteristics, gender and race, were significantly correlated with academic performance.

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Katherine M. Dunlap

This research note is based on a paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education's Annual Program Meeting, February 1996, Washington, DC.