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Brown University Backtracks on ‘Test-Optional’ Policy, Reinstates Standardized Tests for Admission
The Ivy League university said the decision followed 'months of analysis and deliberation.'
March 6, 2024
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Katabella Roberts
Dartmouth College Will Again Require SAT, ACT Scores for Admissions
The college said it has found clear evidence to support reinstating standardized testing requirements.
February 6, 2024
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Bill Pan
Caltech Applicants Won’t Need SAT, ACT Until 2025
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced on July 27 that the school will not require first-year applicants ...
August 3, 2022
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Alice Sun
Cal State Universities Drop SAT, ACT Requirements
The Board of Trustees for California State University (CSU) system voted unanimously to remove SAT and ACT standardized ...
March 24, 2022
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Alice Sun
The Impact of Dropping SAT on California’s Top Public Universities | Ward Connerly
A lawsuit filed against the UC system in 2019 resulted in the university dropping its standardized testing requirements ...
January 5, 2022
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Siyamak Khorrami
Harvard Won’t Require SAT or ACT for 5 More Years
Harvard University will extend a move not to require SAT or ACT scores for prospective students until at ...
December 17, 2021
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Zachary Stieber
University of California to Permanently Remove Standardized Testing for Admission
The University of California (UC) Board of Regents said on Nov. 18 that standardized tests will be eliminated ...
November 20, 2021
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Alice Sun
University of California System Will No Longer Consider SAT, ACT Scores for Admissions
The nine campuses of the University of California (UC) system will no longer consider standardized testing scores as ...
May 16, 2021
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Ivan Pentchoukov
College Board Scraps SAT Essay, Subject Tests to ‘Reduce Demands on Students’
The College Board announced on Tuesday that it will remove the optional essay-writing component of the SAT and ...
January 20, 2021
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Bill Pan
Acing the SAT
Shaan Patel attended what he called “the worst public school district in the nation,” but went on to ...
September 14, 2020
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Barbara Danza
Judge Rules UC System Can No Longer Use SAT Scores for Admissions
University of California (UC) campuses will no longer be allowed to recognize SAT and ACT test scores as ...
September 3, 2020
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Breanna Heath
University of California Must Stop Using SAT, ACT in Admissions, Judge Rules
The University of California (UC) system must stop considering SAT or ACT scores in decisions on admissions and ...
September 2, 2020
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Tom Ozimek
SAT, ACT Exams Postponed Due to Coronavirus
High school students across the United States once again find their academic plans interrupted, as key college entrance ...
March 16, 2020
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Bill Pan
College Board Cancels March SAT for Chinese Students Over Coronavirus Concerns
The College Board, which administers the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), has canceled the March 14 test for all ...
February 19, 2020
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Bill Pan
UC Task Force Examines Merits of SAT, ACT Admissions Tests
Anxiety over the future of SATs and ACTs is taking its toll not only on the nerves of ...
October 30, 2019
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Brad Jones
I Aced the SAT and Was Accepted to Several Ivy League Schools. Here’s My Advice on How to Succeed
Success builds on success, and it's your trajectory, not starting point, that makes all the difference.
September 18, 2019
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Adam Barsouk
The New SAT ‘Adversity Score’: Opening a Can of Worms
Commentary The cheating scandal earlier this spring, in which parents resorted to all sorts of desperate and unethical ...
June 6, 2019
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Mark Hendrickson
Jilting Junior Year Jitters
Many teens approach eleventh grade with dread. Even if they don't verbalize their anxiety, they know that the ...
September 14, 2018
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Dominique Padurano
Jilting Junior Year Jitters
Many teens approach eleventh grade with dread. Even if they don't verbalize their anxiety, they know that the ...
September 6, 2018
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Dominique Padurano
In China, College Entrance Exam Requires Strict Security to Prevent Cheating
Millions of high school students are set to take China’s annual college entrance exam beginning on June 7. ...
June 7, 2018
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Frank Fang
Chinese Caught Posing for Others to Take American University Entrance Exams
In recent years, higher education institutions and standardized test providers in the United States have been confronted with ...
November 20, 2017
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Frank Fang
SAT Scores Slip Slightly; More Students Take Test
Student performance on the SAT college entrance exam is lagging, continuing a mostly downward trend over the last ...
September 3, 2015
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The Associated Press
A Proposal to Water Down Admissions to Elite New York High Schools
In an article in the Summer 2014 issue of City Journal, I discussed the effort by the de ...
October 30, 2014
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Dennis Saffran
China Uncensored: Is the SAT Controlling Your Mind?
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. According to China’s state-run ...
September 10, 2014
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Chris Chappell
Junior In High School Accomplishes What Most People Never Will
This is not an average 16 year old high school junior, as he has accomplished what few people ...
July 2, 2014
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