Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Graduate Admissions Criteria in Psychology

Abstract

36 undergraduate psychology majors from the University of Wisconsin—Platteville completed a questionnaire by listing what they believed to be relevant criteria in the admissions process for graduate school. Students subsequently rank-ordered by importance each of the criteria they generated. Their list of criteria was similar to those of previous studies; however, the relative importance of the criteria differed substantially between the present study and previous ones. Faculty advising students about graduate school may want to use this information to help students better understand the graduate school admissions process.