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They Went to College Early







ment to college life, first at the end of freshman year and again at the end of senior year. Each college was asked to obtain independent ratings on each student from two or more faculty members or college officials familiar with the student. It was suggested that where differences of opinion occurred they should be resolved by an appropriate person at the college who would make a composite rating. The check-list of factors to be taken into consideration in rating the students included such items as poise and self-confidence in social situations, leadership ability, study habits, participation in group activity, gregariousness, personal appearance, degree of dependence on family, worry and emotional control, adjustment to the opposite sex, ease in conversation, academic program planning, and educational interests.

At the End of Freshman Year

The faculty ratings of the four Scholar and Comparison groups at the end of freshman year were as follows:

RATING OF ADJUSTMENT AT END OF FRESHMAN YEAR
1951 GROUP 1952 GROUP 1953 GROUP 1954 GROUP
RATING Scholars Compar. Scholars Compar. Scholars Compar. Scholars Compar.
EXCELLENT 23.4% 21.7% 15.3% 16.6% 15.7% 12.5% 17.9% 11.1%
GOOD 38.9 45.4 45.8 47.5 52.8 60.0 55.8 58.3
MODERATELY GOOD 26.0 25.4 29.8 28.7 23.6 25.0 18.8 27.1
POOR 10.2 7.1 7.6 7.0 5.7 2.5 6.7 2.8
VERY POOR 1.5 .4 1.5 .3 2.2 .9 .7


As the table indicates, the over-all adjustment of the over-whelming majority of Scholars and Comparisons in each group was rated either "moderately good," "good," or "excellent," and with a slight exception in the case of the 1951 Scholars, less than 10 per cent of each group received ratings of "poor" or "very poor." There was a wider "scatter" in the Scholar ratings, and the Comparison students as a whole were found by the faculties