Research Has Shown That High School Students' Scores on the SAT

Multiple Choice

Research has shown that high school students' scores on the SAT correlate .40 with college freshman grades.Assuming that only half of the students who took the SAT were admitted to a given college, what would you estimate the correlation to be between their SAT scores and freshman grades?

A) Negative and lower than .40
B) Negative and higher than .40
C) Positive and higher than .40
D) Positive and lower than .40