A study of the validity of secondary school school recommendations for students entering Richmond College in September, 1955

A college admissions committee must examine and weigh carefully the qualifications of those applying for enrollment in the college. In general, such a committee must accept or reject the applicant on the basis of data of widely varying degrees of reliability -- i.e., the secondary school recommendation, secondary school grades, rank in graduating class, standardized test scores, and the recommendations of alumni, ministers, teachers, and friends of the family