The purpose of the study was to investigate the variables used by intake counselors at a university counseling center in estimating the number of interviews a client will attend and to assess the accuracy of those estimates. Data collected from 448 cases indicated that counselors relied most heavily on their judgment of the severity of personal problems in estimating the number of interviews clients would attend. The variables investigated in this study accounted for a relatively small amount of the total variance found in the actual number of counseling sessions held. An unexpected finding was that the judged severity of vocational problem was negatively correlated to both the estimated and actual number of interviews.

The purpose of the study was to investigate if college students who seek counseling differ in their psychological adjustment from those who do not seek counseling. The social and emotional adjustment scales of the Opinion, Attitude, and Interest Survey were used to measure adjustment. The sample consisted of 1,368 freshmen, 341 of whom elected counseling within a fiveyear period. Students seeking counseling for help with personal problems differed significantly on the social and emotional adjustment scales from those who did not seek counseling. However, no differences were found for students who wished to resolve educational or vocational problems and students who did not seek counseling.

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