ABSTRACT
Pace’s approach assumes that the more comprehensive the information about college environments, the better the choices the pupils will make, and the less the dangers of cultural shock on entering the institution. Some basis for the latter assumption is provided by the hypothesis that if the student's expectations of the institution are realistic this will permit some degree of anticipatory socialisation which will ease adjustment on entry. For if the expectations are unrealistic, considerable readjustment may be necessary, and this readjustment may cause difficulties for the student himself and possibly also for the institution. More important that this is the question of how far students are capable before they have had any experience of higher education of evaluating the available information on universities and colleges and applying it to their own needs.
