admissions criteria
Acceptance requirement benchmarks
Admissions criteria are the standards an institution uses to evaluate applicants—for universities, private schools, professional programs, or selective organizations.
These typically include academic records, test scores, interviews, essays, and recommendations.
The admissions criteria favor students with strong extracurriculars.
Criteria that appear neutral may produce discriminatory effects, making admissions criteria a frequent subject of legal and political debate.
- entrance examsTests for institutional admission
- SAT scoresStandardized assessment results
- GPACumulative academic score
- recommendation lettersWritten endorsements for candidates
- character referenceEndorsement of someone's integrity
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Choosing without systematic bias