Teka, Zewdu2022-03-282023-11-092022-03-282023-11-092001-06http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/30912The purpose of this study is to conduct an empirical investigation on academic performance of freshman students of the Faculty of Science , AAU. A random sample of 772 students have been selected from those students who have been enrolled in the Faculty in academic years 1995/96, 1996/97,1997/98 and 1999/2000. The students have beell.9rouped into two 51rala; Addis_ Ababa _and out-of-Addis Ababa region. Non-parametric Statistical methods such as Wilcoxon and Ansari-Bradley two sample tests, Lepage test and Spearman coefficient of correlation based on ranks were used to analyse the data. The results revealed that at a 0.01 degree of assurance there is no significant difference in performance between the two groups students at freshman level. The resu lts of the analysis also showed that there is a significant correlation between ESLCE GPA and freshman GPA.enThesis