Student Profile Of The Incoming First Year Class Of The College Of Engineering At Uprm And Their Academic Performance After Their First Year

This work presents the student profile for the first year class of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez (UPRM) during the period of 1990-2003. The profile includes variables such as: gender, school type (public or private), geographic location of high school, scores from five College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) tests, high school grade point average (GPA), and the first year GPA (FYGPA). The execution of the students after the first year, as represented by the FYGPA, is related to the CEEB tests scores and the high school GPA. This model is stratified by gender and school type. A comparison between actual admission criteria and suggested alternative criteria is also presented. This longitudinal comparison is carried out to evaluate proposed changes in admission criteria in the future.