RELATION OF CAREERS OF SCIENCE, ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WITH THE ENTRANCE PROFILE OF STUDENTS

Abstract

This study was carried in order to associate the careers of the Faculties of Sciences,
Economics Sciences and Social Sciences of University of Costa Rica with a profile of income
of its students, based on the average of admission and the option they selected the
career to which entered. By an analysis of correspondence, it was noted that the careers at
the Faculty of Economics Sciences and Social Sciences are located in three groups distanced
each other, associated with different average levels of admission. Careers of the Faculty
of Science are associated with each other and deviate from the profiles, indicating little
association with these; this faculty presents the case that Chemistry career is associated
with a profile of income in second option. Also, it shows that in careers associated with high profiles, the percentage of non-registration is less than 12%, while in the low profiles

it is exceeding 20%. These results provide a frame of reference on a problem of the college
admissions system associated with races with low income profiles.