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The purpose of this study is to examine the correlation between the grades of high school reports and their scores on the entrance examinations in English for the university. The subjects are 672 applicants who took the entrance examination of a university in Kanto District. The results of the examination led to the following conclusions: (1) No significant correlation could be found between the grades of high school reports and their scores on the entrance examination for the university. (2) The applicants from the high schools that are generally ranked higher than the others got higher scores. (3) As for the applicants who were in the 3rd year of high schools, there was a close correlation between the grades of their high school reports and their scores on the entrance examination for the university. On the other hand, such a correlation could not be found for the high school graduate applicants. (4) The students who proved to have no correlation between their grades in high school reports and their scores on the entrance examinations for the university can be divided into two sub-groups: one is the group of graduate applicants, and the other is the group of applicants from high schools that are ranked comparatively lower.