Limiting Applications in College Admissions and Evidence from Conflicting Exam Dates

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-02-08 DOI:10.1086/724567

Wei-Cheng Chen, Yi-Cheng Kao

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Abstract

We present a college admissions problem in which colleges may benefit from limiting the number of applications; specifically, a strategy of administering their entrance exams on the same date. Our model shows that a lower-ranked but still-selective college can attract preferred students through this strategy. We test the model by using the entrance exams of graduate schools in Taiwan and find that student quality could be improved when colleges allow their departments to determine whether to use the strategy. Moreover, a department that has a small difference in prestige between it and the most prestigious department will tend to use the strategy to limit the number of applications.

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限制大学入学申请和来自冲突考试日期的证据

我们提出了一个大学招生问题，在这个问题上，大学可能会从限制申请数量中受益；特别是在同一天管理他们的入学考试的策略。我们的模型表明，一所排名较低但仍有选择性的大学可以通过这种策略吸引首选学生。我们通过台湾研究生入学考试来测试该模型，发现当大学允许其部门决定是否使用该策略时，学生质量可以得到提高。此外，一个与最负盛名的部门在声望上略有差异的部门往往会使用该策略来限制申请数量。

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来源期刊

Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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