Editorial: Why it’s smart for universities to bring back the SAT requirement
The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the pandemic. Most schools went test-optional, meaning students could submit scores if they wanted but not doing so wouldn’t count against them. The University of California won’t consider test scores at all. Only a handful of schools have resurrected ...
by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Mar 19, 2024
3 minutes
The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the pandemic.
Most schools went test-optional, meaning students could submit scores if they wanted but not doing so wouldn’t count against them. The University of California won’t consider test scores at all.
Only a have resurrected the testing requirement, but among them are heavyweights in the world of higher education: and Brown University and the University of North Carolina is . Yale also will require standardized test scores, but tests such as Advanced Placement can be used in place of college entrance exams.
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