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The purpose of the present study is to investigate some factors which influence students' decision-making regarding university entrance. A questionnaire was given to all freshmen at Osaka University. It contained 15 items representing conditions which they considered important at the time of university entrance. 1778 males and 273 females were surveyed. They were asked to rate on 5-point rating scale how important they considered each condition to be. Each items was examined according to following aspects ;(1) the amount of time lapsed between high school graduation and university entrance;(2) how the preliminary standard college entrance examination score results affected students' decision-making; (3)the degree of students' satisfaction with the departments which they were able to enter;(4)the types of career which students hope to achive after graduation from university;(5)sex defferences. The results showed that these variables influenced students' career decision-making in many ways. These items were then factor-analyzed. The results showed four factors both in males and females. However, there were some differences in factorial structures between the sexes. Particularly, in the case of male students, teacher's advice concerning university selection was correlated highly with the status ranking of the university. However, in the case of female students, teacher's advice was correlated highly with high possibility of that particular entrance examination.
