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Top Tier Admissions
DECEMBER 20, 2024
EARLY COLLEGE APPLICATION TRENDS: CLASS OF 2029 Record-High Applicant Numbers Signal Increased Competition (Yet again!) Renewed Interest in Test Scores For the first time since 2021, more applicants submitted test scores than did not, despite widespread test-optional policies.
BestColleges
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Dartmouth College is reinstating its standardized testing requirements after removing them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dartmouth first removed standardized test requirements in June 2020 — just like other Ivy Leagues and universities did — to promote opportunity and inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from a U.S.
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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. Emory announced it will remain test-optional for the Class of 2029. SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score.
BestColleges
APRIL 15, 2024
Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements. On April 11, Harvard College announced it would require applicants for the class of 2029 — applying in fall 2024 — to submit SAT or ACT scores. Until recently, Caltech remained defiantly proud of its anti-test stance. Exclamation mark.
Top Tier Admissions
AUGUST 26, 2024
Ivy League institutions, including Dartmouth College , Yale University , and Brown University , have also announced that they would require standardized test scores again, effective for the Class of 2029. SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score.
The Koppelman Group
MARCH 13, 2024
They meet “the full financial need of all admitted students,” and they go so far as to apply this need-blind policy to international citizens. The university is need blind , and “will never limit access to a Dartmouth education.”
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