Colleges College Admissions 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does 'yield rate' mean in college admissions?
- The percentage of accepted students who enroll (Correct answer)
- The percentage of applicants who are accepted
- The ratio of in-state to out-of-state students
- The number of transfer students admitted
Correct answer: The percentage of accepted students who enroll
Yield rate measures the percentage of admitted students who choose to enroll, indicating how attractive the school is to accepted applicants.
Question 2: What is a college waitlist?
- A pool of qualified applicants who may be admitted if space opens (Correct answer)
- A list of required courses for freshmen
- A ranking of dorm room assignments
- A queue for financial aid processing
Correct answer: A pool of qualified applicants who may be admitted if space opens
A waitlist holds qualified applicants who were not initially admitted but may receive an offer if enrolled students decline.
Question 3: What is a college's acceptance rate?
- The percentage of applicants offered admission (Correct answer)
- The percentage of students who graduate in 4 years
- The ratio of part-time to full-time students
- The percentage of students who transfer
Correct answer: The percentage of applicants offered admission
Acceptance rate is calculated by dividing the number of admitted students by the total number of applicants.
Question 4: Which test is commonly used alongside the SAT for US college admissions?
- ACT (Correct answer)
- GRE
- LSAT
- MCAT
Correct answer: ACT
The ACT is an alternative standardized college admissions test accepted by virtually all US colleges that also accept the SAT.
Question 5: What does test-optional mean for college admissions?
- Students may choose not to submit SAT/ACT scores (Correct answer)
- The college does not require any testing at all
- Students must submit scores but they are not weighted
- International students are exempt from testing
Correct answer: Students may choose not to submit SAT/ACT scores
Test-optional policies allow applicants to decide whether to include standardized test scores without penalty for omitting them.
Question 6: What is a superscore in college admissions testing?
- The best section scores combined across multiple test dates (Correct answer)
- The highest single composite test score
- A weighted GPA used by admissions offices
- A score bonus for first-generation students
Correct answer: The best section scores combined across multiple test dates
Superscoring allows colleges to take the highest score from each section across all test dates a student has taken, creating a composite best score.
Colleges College Admissions 2
What does 'yield rate' mean in college admissions?