Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Transfer students may still take advantage of a test-optional policy. Top Tier Admissions is tracking the 2024-2025 supplemental essay prompts for all top schools here — we look forward to supporting you ! The post Brown University: Supplemental Essays 2024-2025 appeared first on Top Tier Admissions.

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Berkeley² Academy

MARCH 15, 2024

Some ,, big changes are coming to UT Austin admissions in 2024—today we’ll go over important details regarding their standardized testing policy, essay prompts, application deadlines, and more. Many other schools, like ,, Yale , are bringing back the standardized testing requirement.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 22, 2024

As the school year approaches, it’s time to finalize your standardized test prep plan and mark your calendar with upcoming SAT and ACT test dates. Not sure which test is your forte? In an ideal world, we recommend beginning one-on-one test prep a few months ahead of your scheduled test date.

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Inside Emory Admission

MARCH 29, 2023

>> Updated March, 2023 Emory University has extended its test optional policy for applicants who plan to enroll as first-year students in Fall 2024. In addition, transfer applicants for Fall 2024 can also take advantage of this test optional policy. WHO DOES THE POLICY APPLY TO?

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

won’t require standardized test scores. The rise of the best test optional colleges is changing the game, giving students new ways to stand out in the admissions process. If you have test anxiety, decided to skip the SAT or ACT, or didn’t quite hit the scores you hoped for, you’re not out of luck.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 9, 2023

This became especially true in 2020, given changes in test administration and colleges’ testing policies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, colleges continue to update their testing requirements, with some extending their test-optional periods and others opting for permanent changes.

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Inside Emory Admission

JANUARY 25, 2024

Updated January, 2024 Emory University has extended its test optional policy for applicants who plan to enroll as first-year students in Fall 2025. In addition, transfer applicants for Fall 2025 can also take advantage of this test optional policy. WHO DOES THE POLICY APPLY TO?

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BestColleges

MARCH 20, 2024

It's also important to remember that your standardized test score is just one factor that schools will consider in your overall application. However, a recent study conducted by Harvard University-based research group Opportunity Insights has administrators rethinking their test-optional policies.

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DC College Counseling

JANUARY 12, 2024

January is always a good time to reflect on the trends and themes of the most recent application cycle and look ahead to what’s coming in the 2024-2025 admissions cycle. Changes relating to standardized testing have continued to emerge as a trend. Two great examples are CalTech and MIT.

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BestColleges

MARCH 8, 2024

Starting in fall 2024, Brown University will require students to submit SAT or ACT scores. Brown becomes the third Ivy League school, following Yale and Dartmouth, to reinstate standardized testing requirements. So did Dartmouth, which became the first Ivy to return to standardized testing.

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BestColleges

JUNE 11, 2024

Several universities — including Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown — have recently reinstituted standardized test requirements. The university paused its standardized testing requirements in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, offering undergraduate applicants the choice to submit their scores.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 17, 2024

Founded over 300 years ago, Yale University , is an Ivy League institution located in New Haven, CT and ranked #5 in Best Universities by the 2024 U.S. Yale’s Class of 2028 early acceptance rate was the lowest since Yale adopted its current single-choice non-binding early action policy — 9.02%. News and World Report.

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Admissions.Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If one sentence could sum up the state of financing an American college education in 2024 it would be, “The more things change the more things stay the same.” Common criteria for merit-based aid include academic performance, standardized test scores, leadership, extracurricular involvement, talent, and special skills.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition to being two of their toughest academic years, your child will be tasked with maximizing their standardized test scores, continuing to pursue high-impact extracurricular activities, securing recommendation letters, and working on their college applications by writing essay upon essay. Finalize college visit details.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This morning, Dartmouth College announced that they are reactivating the standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admission, effective with the Class of 2029. Test scores are more reliable than high school grades, partly because of grade inflation in recent years.”

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Spark Admissions

JUNE 9, 2023

The process has already begun internationally, and in Spring 2024, high school students in the United States will only have the option to take the new digital SAT. The older paper test took 3 hours to complete, while the new SAT exam takes 2 hours and 14 minutes. Should I take the digital SAT? What does the new digital SAT mean for me?

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ACM College Consulting

MAY 3, 2024

Last summer, more than 1900 colleges were test optional, test-free or test-blind. Many others have stated they will not go back to requiring test scores yet, if ever, but there is still the potential for more colleges to return to requiring test scores.

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BestColleges

JUNE 28, 2024

WGU does not require standardized test scores or recommendation letters. The core curriculum features classes in project management, organizational behavior, and advocacy and health policy. Core classes in both concentrations include project and resource management, healthcare policy, and teamwork in healthcare settings.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Participation in the SAT rose by roughly 200,000 students from the class of 2022 to the class of 2023, although universities have increasingly embraced test-optional policies and moved away from requiring standardized test scores from incoming students.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 12, 2024

Christiansen said around half of the applicant pool submitted standardized test scores , similar to previous years. The university’s test-optional policy will continue through Fall 2027. Standardized Testing Policies: A Shifting Landscape What Are the Little Ivies? There was also a 4.5%

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

BROWN’S CHANGING ADMISSIONS POLICIES Brown University announced in early March that it would once again require students applying for fall 2025 admission to submit either a SAT or ACT score. Brown followed the lead of Dartmouth College and Yale University who will also require standardized test scores , effective for the Class of 2029.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 12, 2024

World-renowned Harvard University was founded in 1636 and is currently ranked #3 in National Universities by the 2024 U.S. Other Ivy League institutions, including Dartmouth College , Yale University , and Brown University , announced recently they would require standardized test scores again, effective for the Class of 2029.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 3, 2024

Dartmouth College , an Ivy League institution nestled in Hanover, New Hampshire, was ranked #18 (tied with Vanderbilt) in the 2024 U.S. Harvard University also recently backtracked from its two-year test-optional commitment and announced it would require standardized test scores. News & World Report.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

Notre Dame will maintain a test-optional policy for the 2024 and 2025 application cycles, allowing applicants to decide whether to submit standardized test scores. SAT scores were submitted by 36% of admitted students, while 33% chose to omit standardized test scores altogether.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 12, 2023

ACT CEO Janet Godwin said not enough is being done to ensure graduates are ready for college and these problems require action and support at the policy level. High school students' ACT test scores have dropped to their lowest level in more than 30 years, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 24, 2024

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Meanwhile, in Palo Alto, California, Stanford was ranked #3 (tied with Harvard) in the 2024 U.S. UChicago doesn’t share its admissions data until the release of the Common Data Set, but the university had a historically low acceptance rate for the Class of 2027, just 4.8% Stay tuned!

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

Additionally, while the top 25% of Math scores may approach perfection, Notre Dame considers a holistic view of applicants, recognizing that excellence extends beyond standardized test scores. Approximately 33% of applicants chose to omit standardized test scores from their applications. Should I go test-optional?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

MARCH 17, 2024

For the 2023-2024 admission cycle, Brown University will maintain a test-optional policy for all first-year, transfer, and Resumed Undergraduate Education applicants. If students choose to submit test scores, they may self-report them or send them officially to Brown. Should I go test-optional?

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2024

It was founded in 1838 and is one of the top-ranked private research universities in the United States, ranked #7 (tied with CalTech) in the 2024 U.S. In a major shift, Duke is no longer giving essays and standardized testing scores numerical ratings in the undergraduate admissions process, according to The Duke Chronicle.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

Standardized testing, including the ACT, plays a significant role in the college application process. Nevertheless, there is no cut-off score for students applying in the fall of 2024. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students applying to UNC are not required to submit a test score. What are UNC’s ACT requirements?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 9, 2024

In addition, Lehigh’s admissions team maintains high expectations for their applicants, including with regard to standardized testing scores. For the academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024, Lehigh will maintain their test-optional policy. Should I go test-optional?

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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 28, 2022

The past few years have seen an unprecedented number of American colleges and universities suspend or even completely drop their requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores from the SAT or ACT. Recently, in response, the College Board has announced major changes to the SAT.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2024 40,084 6.2% That drop really started picking up speed with the Class of 2024, thanks in large part to the test-optional policy many schools adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2024 35,766 5.1% That change drove up applications as more students thought they had a shot without standardized test scores.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 9, 2024

In addition, Lehigh’s admissions team maintains high expectations for their applicants, including with regard to standardized testing scores. For the academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024, Lehigh will maintain their test-optional policy. Should I go test-optional?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Emory University has extended its test-optional policy for prospective students applying in the 2024-25 admission cycle. This means that submitting standardized test scores is completely optional, and students will not be disadvantaged if they choose not to submit them. Should I go test-optional?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Emory University has extended its test-optional policy for prospective students applying in the 2024-25 admission cycle. This means that submitting standardized test scores is completely optional, and students will not be disadvantaged if they choose not to submit them. Should I go test-optional?

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

If you choose to submit AP or IB scores to fulfill the requirement, you need to take the tests before submitting your application. This test policy is designed to empower you to present yourself in the strongest possible light. This post isn’t about the standardized test policy, though. 100 word limit).

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