PARTICIPANTS

MATERIALS

PROCEDURE

APPENDIX

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Please take no more than 15 minutes to provide us with following information about yourself:													

 1.Age______years										

 2.Sex (circle one)    M       F		

 
 3.Year (circle one) FR   SO    JR   SR			


 4.In what state did you attend high school?___													
 5.Approximately how many A`s did you earn last semester?___									
 
 6.What was your approximate G.P.A. last semester? ___										
 
 7.Approximately how many hours on average do you spend     
   studying outside of class every week? _____										
 
 8. Based on my experience,I feel that my high school`s academic 
   standards were:								
	______	1) much too high 					______	2) somewhat high 					______	3) slightly too high 	
	______	4) average 	
        ______	5) slightly too low	
	______	6) somewhat low	
	______	7) much too low	


 9.What type of high school did you attend?			

	1) public		
	2) non-public		

 If you choose the non-public school option, then specify what   
 religious or secular type of high school you attended.		

	_______________________________________		


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 10.Based on my experience, I feel that Loyola`s standards are: 									______	1) much too high 					______	2) somewhat high 					______	3) slightly too high 					______	4) average 						______	5) slightly too high					______	6) somewhat low						______	7) much too low								

 11.On the following scale, please rate from 0 to 6 the level  
    of  satisfaction your non-accademic life at Loyola.									
              Very                 Somewhat     Very
	    Unsatisfied		  Satisfied   Satisfied		          0    1    2    3    4    5    6	
 
  Please explain your rating in 10 words or less									
  _______________________________________________										
								
Please answer the following question if you have taken the SAT. Otherwise skip it.								
		
12.What was your total score on the SAT? ___ 										
						
Please answer the following question if you have taken the ACT. Otherwise skip it.									

13.What was your total score on the ACT? ___									

14.On the following scale,please rate from 0 to 6  how  
   confident you are with your study skills.				
    Very                    Somewhat      Very 
  Unconfident               Confident   Confident
   0     1      2      3     4      5      6    
 				
	         			      
15.The highest degree I`m striving for is:				
	______1)1 year certificate
	______2)2 year college degree (associate)
	______3)4 year college degree (bachelor`s)
	______4)master degree
	______5)doctoral degree

TABLE
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Table 1

Mean and Standard Deviations for the participant's ratings about their high school and college academic standards, college satisfaction, approximate number of study hours devoted to their college academic study, approximate SAT composite scores,ratings about their study skills and desired high level degree _____________________________________________________

Variable M SD N

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The participants'ratings about their 3.21 1.60 42

high school academic standards(a)

Participants' ratings about their 3.62 0.85 42

college academic standards(a)

Participants' college satisfaction(b). 4.45 1.50 42

Participants' approximate number of 9.40 7.43 42

study hours devoted to their college academic study

SAT composite scores 128.90 167.90 42

Participants' ratings about their 3.73 1.52 42

study skills(c)

Participant's desired high level 4.1 0.79 42

college degree (d)

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Note.

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(a)Academic standards refers to how well a

particular high school or college provides their

students with a wellrounded education.The

participants' ratings about their both their high

school and college standards wererated on a scale

of one to seven,one being their lowest rating score

while seven was the highest rating score.

(b)College satisfaction refers to how well the

participants felt abot their non-academic life in

college. The participants' ratings about their

college satisfaction were rated on a scale of zero

to six, zero being the lowestrating score while six

was the highest rating score.

(c)Study skills refers to how confident the

participants felt about their study habits in

college. The participants'ratings abot their study

skills were rated on a scale of zero to six, zero

being the lowest rating score while six was the

highest rating score.

(d)Desired high level degree refers to how many

college degrees that a participant is striving to

obtain.

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