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Ivy League Schools Go Test-Optional Again for 2022-2023 – What This Means for College Admissions

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Then, as the pandemic continued, many colleges extended their policies for another year or longer. Initially, however, it seemed like the Ivy League was eager to return to requiring test scores. What Prompted this Change? The same line of thought arose when the University of California announced their test-blind pilot last year.

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Columbia University Becomes Permanently Test-Optional with No SAT/ACT Requirement

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Since then, the vast majority have extended their temporary test-optional policies on an annual basis, with a few notable exceptions. Columbia, however, is the first Ivy League school to drop the SAT/ACT requirement permanently.

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Columbia University Becomes Permanently Test-Optional with No SAT/ACT Requirement

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Since then, the vast majority have extended their temporary test-optional policies on an annual basis, with a few notable exceptions. Columbia, however, is the first Ivy League school to drop the SAT/ACT requirement permanently.

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Athletic Recruitment at Elite Colleges Skews Wealthy and White

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Saahil Desai, writing in The Atlantic , notes that 65% of domestic Ivy League athletes were white as of 2018, as were 79% of athletes among schools in Division III's New England Small College Athletic Conference , which features institutions such as Amherst College, Williams College, Middlebury College, and Wesleyan University.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. In fact, one study found "no statistically significant evidence of a casual relationship between legacy preference policies and total alumni giving among top universities" after evaluating data between 1998 and 2008.

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The Future of Legacy Admissions

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LEGACY VS. NON-LEGACY ACCEPTANCE RATES Twenty years ago, legacy applicants to the Ivy League generally saw rates of admission that were 3-4 times greater than the overall rate of admission. This time, for favoring children of alumni.

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Food Insecurity in College Students: Facts and Statistics

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These changes were based on the recommendations of the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies, a private, government-funded, nonprofit organization that provides expert opinions in science, engineering, and medicine to inform policy. [7] Oregon State University Policy Analysis Laboratory (OPAL).