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Federal regulations protect the rights of handicapped students regarding admission testing and the admission process generally. The purpose of this study was to compare admission decisions of handicapped and nonhandicapped applicants who have comparable [Scholastic Aptitude Test] SAT scores and high school grades. The main finding was that handicapped applicants were admitted on much the same basis as nonhandicapped applicants, but there were exceptions that favored hearing-impaired applicants, disfavored small groups of visually impaired and physically handicapped applicants to small institutions, and disfavored learning disabled applicants to a lesser degree.