Retaking the SAT.
Using data on applicants to three selective universities, we analyze a college applicant's decision to retake the SAT. We model this decision as an optimal search problem, and use the model to assess the impact of college admissions policies on retaking behavior. The most common test score ranking p...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 1 - 34 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Winter2003
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