Test optional or not, test scores can have a huge impact on the academic courses available to students in their first semesters of college.
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MIT’s standardized testing policy reversal in addition to the continuation of grade inflation and high records of college applications mean that students need to be taking the ACT® and SAT® seriously.
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While many colleges remain “test optional,” top-tier applicants continue to choose a “test optimal” strategy.
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Harvard's decision to continue its foray into test-optional admissions is as much about helping out the institution as it is about helping prospective students.
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With more and more schools opting for "Test Optional" entrance policies, does that mean that the already optional writing sections are even less important? In a word: no.
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that test scores will hold more comparative value than ever before. One of the main reasons: grade inflation.
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It turns out that the website infrastructure wasn’t the only thing that collapsed. July’s registration rush proves that many of the myths of the “Test-Optional” era are falling apart, as well.
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Given the likelihood of ongoing testing disruptions and/or limited testing availability due to COVID-19, it may make more sense to develop a two-test strategy.
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Sure, students will still have GPAs that include spring 2020, but what will they mean?
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For students applying to college this year (and for the near future), coronavirus will certainly have its effect on the application process.
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“Test-Optional” admissions policies aren’t going away any time soon. So, what does that mean for students? For schools? For test-prep tutors?
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The University of California Board of Regents have recently approved a plan which many are touting as the death knell of college admissions tests.
It’s not.
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From the earliest attempts to rank students, most reasonable people have viewed standardized testing as something of a necessary evil in college admissions. Has that begun to change?
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