Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As of this morning, Yale is the second Ivy League school to require standardized test scores, following Dartmouth’s lead and citing research that test-optional policies adversely affect high-scoring low-income students. This new policy will begin with students applying to enter in the fall of 2025.

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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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BestColleges

MARCH 1, 2024

Yale University announced it is reinstating standardized test requirements. The university believes mandatory test requirements can help level the playing field for disadvantaged students. Yale has officially become "test-flexible." Applicants will thus have four options for submitting standardized test results.

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BestColleges

MARCH 12, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania will extend its test-optional policy for another year. Penn's announcement follows news that Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown will reinstate standardized test requirements beginning next fall. Test-optional colleges could realize a competitive admissions advantage over rivals that require scores.

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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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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

For fall 2025 admissions, over 2,000 four-year colleges in the U.S. 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. What Are the Best Test Optional Colleges in 2025?

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BestColleges

JULY 18, 2024

The math, reading, and English core test will be reduced from three hours to two hours to curb test-taking fatigue. The new ACT will roll out online in spring 2025 and in school in spring 2026. And starting this year, the test went fully digital to make it more relevant and easier to give and take. The ACT Education Corp.,

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Spark Admissions

APRIL 11, 2023

According to Columbia, this move was prompted by a growing recognition of the flaws in standardized testing and the school’s desire to make the admissions process more equitable and accessible to a broader range of students. For decades, standardized tests have been central to the college admissions process.

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Spark Admissions

APRIL 11, 2023

According to Columbia, this move was prompted by a growing recognition of the flaws in standardized testing and the school’s desire to make the admissions process more equitable and accessible to a broader range of students. For decades, standardized tests have been central to the college admissions process.

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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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BestColleges

JUNE 11, 2024

Students applying for fall 2025 undergraduate admission to Stanford must provide their SAT or ACT scores. The university paused its testing requirement in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several universities — including Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown — have recently reinstituted standardized test requirements.

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BestColleges

MAY 17, 2024

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted May 14 to reinstate standardized testing at the four schools, according to The Associated Press. removed these test requirements for admission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Four Georgia universities are the latest to reverse their test-optional admissions policies.

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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. Tulane will be test-optional again for Fall 2025 admission. SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 9, 2024

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TRENDS Testing Requirements — The Ever-Shifting Landscape In the last several months, Brown University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , and Yale University have all returned to requiring standardized testing as part of the admissions process, beginning with applicants to the Class of 2029.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 3, 2023

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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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 14, 2024

None of the UCs offer early admission or consider standardized test scores. UT Austin announced in March that after four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions it will once again require standardized test scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester.

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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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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 28, 2022

When the pandemic began, nearly all colleges and universities in the United States dropped their testing requirements when it became impossible for students in some areas of the country to find a test center and date reliably. Then, as the pandemic continued, many colleges extended their policies for another year or longer.

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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

HARVARD REVERSES COURSE ON TESTING REQUIREMENT Despite Harvard’s previous commitment to remaining test-optional through the Class of 2030, the college announced on April 11 it would require students applying for fall 2025 admission to submit either an SAT or ACT score.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 18, 2024

institutions have adopted a test-optional policy in acknowledgement of the limited access to testing during this time. However, several colleges are beginning to reinstate required testing for the 2025-26 admissions season, and others have begun to take a more flexible approach to their standardized testing policies.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Carnegie Mellon University is known for its rigorous academic standards and research opportunities. Standardized testing, particularly the ACT, plays a significant role in the college application journey. Carnegie Mellon has adopted a test-optional policy through fall 2025.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Carnegie Mellon has adopted a test-optional policy through fall 2025. This removes the SAT/ACT standardized testing requirement for first-year fall 2025 applicants. Students are not penalized for omitting standardized test scores. In addition, nearly a third of students went 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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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 31, 2024

This range reflects the high standards of the institution but also demonstrates that there is no single score that applicants must achieve for admission. For the incoming classes through 2025, Santa Clara University has extended its test-optional policy. Should I go test-optional?

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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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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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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

JUNE 10, 2024

The University of Michigan has implemented a test-optional policy for undergraduate admissions. This policy starts with students applying for matriculation in the academic term of winter 2025. In summary, it allows applicants to choose whether to submit standardized test scores as part of their application.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 31, 2024

For the incoming classes through 2025, Santa Clara University has extended its test-optional policy. However, students are still welcome to submit their test scores if they believe the scores will strengthen their application. The remaining approximate 49% of applicants did not submit standardized test scores.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The change takes effect for students applying for Fall 2025 admission (those students who will begin their applications in Summer or Fall 2024). Dartmouth College Dartmouth College has announced that it will yet again require high school students to share either an SAT or ACT score as part of their application for admission.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 25, 2024

Wake Forest has been test optional since May of 2008, meaning that they don’t require the SAT or ACT as part of your application. Ever since implementing the policy, they’ve found no difference in academic achievement at Wake Forest between students who submit standardized tests and those who choose not to.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

UW–Madison currently maintains a test-optional policy. This policy applies to students applying for admission in spring 2025, fall 2025, spring 2026, fall 2026, and spring 2027. Meanwhile, the remaining approximate 43% omitted standardized test scores from their application.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 1, 2024

In the last few weeks, both Dartmouth and Yale have decided to end the test-optional policies they adopted during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. Since adopting test-optional, a lot of schools started extending their policies out by years or even indefinitely (like Michigan). And schools love this.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

At the same time, UNC maintains no minimum SAT English score for admission into the fall 2025 class. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students applying to UNC are not required to submit a test score. For the 2025-2026 academic year, students with a weighted GPA of 2.8 scale) can choose to go test-optional.

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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. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students applying to UNC are not required to submit a test score. For the 2025-2026 academic year, students with a weighted GPA of 2.8 scale) can choose to go test-optional.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

However, with the release of new data for the Class of 2027 confirming a 3.91% acceptance rate coupled with similar acceptance rates since the Class of 2025, we can assume the Class of 2028 acceptance rate will be similar. Stanford’s test-optional policy extends to applicants applying for the Fall 2025 entry term.

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