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Yale Adopts ‘Test-Flexible’ Policy

BestColleges

Details on Yale's New Policy Starting in fall 2025, Yale will require test scores but will allow students to submit Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam scores in lieu of the SAT or ACT. The University of Pennsylvania has yet to announce its policy for next fall. Many more elites might join them.

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Making Sense of Colleges’ Changing Test Policies

Discovery College Consulting

The terms themselves are confusing, and recent shifts in colleges’ policies are even more so. One of the most prominent arguments in favor of test-optional policies is that they help level the admissions playing field for underrepresented minority, first-generation, and low-income students. Test-optional. Test-flexible.

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How to Write the University of Florida Supplemental Essays: Examples + Guide 2024/2025

College Essay Guy

In college and beyond, I want to expand my research and continue to work with other passionate individuals to promote policies that strengthen mental health and encourage equity. To give back in Gainesville, I aim to empower minorities by hosting educational and social advocacy workshops. Francis House.

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California Passes Bill Banning Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges

BestColleges

Only a handful of private colleges in California have policies favoring legacies. Scrutiny of legacy policies has intensified since the Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action. California's public colleges already are prohibited from giving preferences to legacy applicants. If he does, it will take effect Sept.

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Just Released: Northwestern’s Acceptance Rate

Top Tier Admissions

This year’s acceptance rate matches the class of 2025 as the University’s lowest rate in history. According to a survey done by enrollment management firm Maguire Associates, these policies have also helped increase application numbers from low-income students and from students who belong to marginalized racial and ethnic groups.

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How to Write the UNC Chapel Hill Supplement 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

This number is kept low partially due to a 1986 policy that mandates that UNC system schools may not have more than 18% out-of-state students in any first-year class. UNC has also enacted a curious SAT/ACT policy that requires some close reading. Students making up that 18% come from 100 countries!

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How to Write the Pitzer Supplement 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

They have also instituted a test-free policy, meaning that they do not consider the SAT or ACT at all (at least until 2025). Instead, they care about your grades, recommendations, extracurricular and work history, and how well you match with Pitzer’s core values.