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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Human Resources Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 1 - 34
Main Authors: Vigdor, Jacob L., Clotfelter, Charles T.
Format: Article
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Winter2003
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