大學多元入學方案已經開辦逾十年，此制度的效果評估也成為研究高等教育重要議題。本文探討不同入學管道之清大學生，在學業以及課外活動的表現是否有差異。並利用官方資料配合上畢業前的問卷資料，分析不同入學管道對於學生自評學習能力以及滿意度之關係。研究方法透過因素分析降低問卷維度，並利用兩階段控制函式(control function)多元回歸的計量模型，來釐清多元入學方案對於學生在大學中種種表現的影響。
研究結果顯示：
(1) 在控制潛在內生性問題，學生初始能力，家庭社經地位以及個人態度等種種因素後，利用推甄申請方式入學的大學生，其學業表現排名比指定考科入學的大學生好上約10個百分等級
(2)相較於指考生，推甄申請生在問卷上顯示較高的滿足度，也自認學到較多的自然領域和人文領域的知識
(3)推薦申請生每週花比較少時間在社團活動以及打工上，但是關於參與交換學生或是國際志工的比率上，和指考生並無差異。

In Taiwan, the educational selection mechanism for entering college has undergone a comprehensive revolution for several decades. This education policy reform aims to improve effectiveness of matching students and colleges.
The main purpose of this paper is to extensively investigate the college students' performance between application-based and exam-based methods, with different outcomes, including academic and non-academic perspectives.
Utilizing three waves (2012--2014) undergraduate students data at National Tsing Hua University, we collect students' official records along with versatile survey items for our empirical analysis. The control function approach is employed to alleviate the potential endogeneity issue on choosing college entrance methods. The main findings are: (1) Students admitted by application-based method have better academic performance in terms of class ranking than that of students by exam-based method, after controlling possible endogenous problem, their socio-economic background, personal background variables and attitude variables. (2) Holding other variables constant, the
students from application-based channel enjoy better satisfaction level and learn more abilities in both scientific and humanity fields. (3) Students admitted by application-based method spend less time in association activities and part-time job, but have no difference on participating foreign exchange program and international volunteer activity compared to those admitted by exam-based method.

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