1.   Admissions criteria were rigorous, and included a personal interview as well as a three-month battery of tests.

2.   It also is important to note that admissions criteria differ from program to program, with some more stringent than others.

3.   These programmes permit students to enter higher education without satisfying all the admissions criteria.

4.   It is also examining both the admissions criteria and the examination results of the Vocational Course.

5.   Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director at the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers, said most colleges with high acceptance rates have clear admissions criteria.

6.   Beck, who has advocated national rules to include behavior along with grades and standardized test scores as admissions criteria, clasped her hands tightly.

7.   But at a minimum, he added, a delay of six months is needed to rewrite and rework admission criteria.

8.   But remember that applicants suspected of lying will be rejected, and that many institutions do not use the proposed field of interest as an admissions criterion anyway.

9.   California administrators are now reviewing their admissions criteria to find creative ways to increase minority admissions.