Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Specialization

Communication and Leadership

School or Department

School of Leadership Studies

First Advisor

Dr. John Caputo

Second Advisor

Dr. Michael Poutiantine

Abstract

This qualitative study looks at leadership/ASE students of a private secondary school in central California, in an effort to measure their perceived expectations about their college application and correlate them with where these students actually apply to college. The research questions asked: RQl: Do the perceived expectations of high school students' acceptance to college have an effect on where they apply to college? RQ2: Do the perceived expectations of high school students' acceptance to college have an effect on their ambition to go to college? This study grounded in symbolic interaction theory collected data from 30 students in their junior and senior year of high school using a self-reporting survey. Results indicated that there is a moderate relationship between the perceived expectations from teachers and students college application. Students with a higher perceived expectation regarding their college attendance sent more college applications out than students with lower reported perceived expectation.

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