Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland.

Date:
1934
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The previous section will have made it clear that either com- plete or partial exemption from the Preliminary Examination may be secured by passes obtained at other examinations.} Of the 472 students under consideration 56 per cent. obtained complete exemption and 18 per cent. obtained partial exemp- tion through the Leaving Certificate; 7 per cent. obtained complete exemption through English or Welsh Certificates; and 14 per cent. entered by way of the Preliminary Examina- tion alone. The importance of the Leaving Certificate as a means of admission is manifest. TABLE III Per- centage Total not yet ¥ Dee Graduated ‘ (Easter Per- Per- centage centage SAO BEETS Graduated| with Certificate. ith Ordinary Honours. | Degree. centage. Leaving Certificate Leaving Certificate and Preliminary Examination Preliminary Exam- ination Others Table III presents some of the same facts as Table II in a differ- ent form. It shows foreach category of entrance qualification the percentage of students who graduated with Honours, graduated without Honours, or had not graduated at Easter 1933. (For 1 Partial exemption can no longer be secured by separate passes in examina- tions for English, Welsh, or Irish School Certificates.