BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2024

The University of Texas at Austin will require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores beginning next fall. Adding to the growing list of top schools reinstating standardized test requirements, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) will require students to submit SAT or ACT scores beginning next fall.

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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 28, 2022

Then, as the pandemic continued, many colleges extended their policies for another year or longer. Meanwhile, a few other Ivy League schools (including Cornell University and Stanford University) had already extended their test-optional policies through 2023. What Prompted this Change? Will More Schools Follow Harvard’s Lead?

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BestColleges

AUGUST 27, 2024

Students applying in fall 2025 must submit SAT or ACT scores, while those applying this fall are encouraged to do so. The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. Hopkins' decision follows similar policy changes by several Ivy League schools. Some of those students scored 1500 or above.

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BestColleges

JULY 20, 2023

What's more, ROTC has been the primary source of minority officers, the brief details, with 29% of Black and 32% of Hispanic officers earning commissions through ROTC in 2019. For now, the military academies can continue to consider race in admissions decisions, a policy that has increased diversity on those campuses in recent years.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 15, 2023

Application Components Complete Common Application Official secondary school transcript and school report Counselor recommendation At least one teacher recommendation SAT or ACT scores are optional for the 2023-24 cycle. Early Decision Agreement is only for Early Decision applicants.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Criticism of legacy policies has intensified following the U.S. Malcolm Augustine, Senate president pro tem, told The Daily Record the legislation might disadvantage minorities who might otherwise take advantage of legacy preferences. It seems the goalposts keep changing every few years for minorities. Sotomayor said.

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Ivy Central

MAY 13, 2023

The accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1510 and an ACT score of more than 34. The College of Arts and Science is the largest school at Vanderbilt, offering more than 100 majors and minors across 70+ fields of study from English to Economics, Climate Studies to Chemistry, and Philosophy to Physics.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Several selective colleges have reported decreases in underrepresented minority students for this fall's entering class. Colleges reporting stable minority enrollments could draw attention from watchdog groups. Weingarten also points to test-optional policies as a culprit. Supreme Court.

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BestColleges

APRIL 15, 2024

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. Caltech does not consider SAT or ACT testing, its website stated until its policy reversal. Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 25, 2023

Colorado College has a test-optional policy. The median ACT score range was 30-34. The college offers over 80 majors and minors, with a focus on the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The average GPA at Colorado College is 3.89. 52% of accepted applicants applied without a test score.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2024

Advocates for these laws have called these practices unfair to students looking to transfer schools, re-enroll in college, or receive their degrees due to minor debts. The bill aims to prevent public colleges and universities from using specific debt collection methods against students with institutional debt.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 26, 2023

Brandeis University was founded with a noble purpose - to provide an inclusive educational environment for individuals who were facing discrimination in higher education, including Jews, ethnic and racial minorities, and women. Students that get into Brandeis have an average SAT score between 1370-1530 or an average ACT score of 31-34.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re outside of the top 6%, I suggest submitting your SAT/ACT if it’s higher than 28 or 1350. I have no idea how test-optional policies may affect the Academic Index calculations that accounts for students opting out of the ACT/SAT. It seems that UT’s test-optional policy applies to admissions, honors, and scholarships.

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

Historically Black College or University (HBCU): In Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress officially defined HBCUs as institutions of higher learning that were accredited and established before 1964, and whose principal mission is the education of Black Americans. Major: An academic field that a student chooses to focus on.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Carnegie Mellon would be a particularly strong choice for students who are invested in the intersection of engineering and public policy and want to pursue a more interdisciplinary major such as “Science, Technology, and Public Policy” or a minor in “Information Security, Privacy and Policy.”

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

One of America's leading public research universities, Georgia Tech offers more than 130 majors and minors focused on the application of technology across a wide array of disciplines. Either an SAT or ACT score is required for application to this school. You will need a very high ACT score in order to get into Georgia Tech.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

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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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

If anything, they’re more inclined to act to respond to issues and complaints than they were before the crisis. That can be kind of difficult to wrap our heads around because some complaints can be minor or even seem ridiculous to leaders. MA: Is the suggestion, then, that leaders stop taking action to address more minor complaints?

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Georgetown is also deeply tied to the political and policy-making community, and many students go there because they are interested in going into government or public service. Georgetown requires that first-year applicants submit SAT or ACT scores, and they do not allow you to use “Score Choice.” Located in Washington, D.C.,

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Ivy Central

MAY 3, 2023

The accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1340 and an ACT score of more than 30. Academics Majors and Minors At Pitzer College, field groups (similar to a discipline or department) organize major requirements and courses. The students can choose from a range of 40 majors and 20 minors.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In this blog, I’ll outline the imperatives for campus administrators to act on, as well as five actions you can take today. While there is hate, there is also hope, in that each leader on campus can make the conscious choice to speak and act differently. The statistics are a harrowing call to action.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 13, 2023

For the past decade Harvard’s overall acceptance rate has sat between 4.50% and 6.38% (Class of 2016), but the 2020-21 and 2021-22 pandemic-era admission cycles saw a remarkable downshift (3.43% and 3.19%, respectively), no doubt the result of surging applicant volume brought on by the school’s test-optional admissions policy.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027).

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead, most BS/DDS students note that they’re unable to explore other academic interests, even through minors, or take advantage of options like study abroad. Your child will want to check on the policies for “applying out” at each program they’re interested in. and What Is a Good ACT Score? What about test-optional policies?

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity Change leadership acts as a vital bridge between intent and action. They integrated equity-minded practices into routine processes, policies, and decision-making, ensuring that the transformation was ingrained in the fabric of the university.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 25, 2024

These students have access to more than 50 majors, more than 60 minors, and more than 60% of students take part in an academic study abroad experience. 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.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 8, 2024

Cornell average ACT score: 34 25th percentile: 33 75th percentile: 35 Cornell average SAT score: 1510 25th percentile: 1450 75th percentile: 1540 International students: 10.2% Minority students make up the majority of Cornell’s incoming class with 53.1% identifying as under-represented minorities. 100 words) Cornell Jeb E.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 10, 2024

Test scores (SAT/ACT and APs or IBs) can help validate your academic record, so submit them if they are a positive addition to your application. The next generation is going to face all these problems, so it’s up to our generation to engineer solutions, from both the policy and the engineering standpoint.

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THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

JUNE 13, 2023

Practitioners are key in forming informed policy that benefits students, the state, and schools. Board of Education, Johnson, who was in the midst of bringing the Voting Rights Act to fruition declared that “Freedom is not enough. Bollinger dealing with the university’s undergraduate admissions policies and Grutter v.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

They can take courses in economics or physics or mathematics with one of the 27 Nobel Laureates currently on faculty, or study in the unique Woodrow Wilson School, which teaches a multidisciplinary approach to public policy. She also loves theater, especially musical theater, and hopes to minor in it. Presumably, around 43% are white.

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Solomon Admissions

AUGUST 23, 2022

Standardized testing such as the SAT and ACT - a de facto requirement across the vast majority of institutions - were quickly made optional, providing students who may have found standardized testing to be a barrier with an opportunity to submit their best application based on the quality of their performance across high-school grades.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

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College Essay Guy

APRIL 2, 2023

FSU Acceptance Rate FSU Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision, and Transfer Acceptance Rate FSU GPA Requirements FSU SAT Requirements FSU ACT Requirements What does FSU look for in students? range will need to compensate by increasing their SAT or ACT score. FSU Average ACT: 31 ACT Score Range Composite Score % 30 - 36 40.0%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

She might combine an interest in technology and the canon by pursuing a minor in digital humanities. The newspaper is a minor extracurricular for her. Remember: this prompt is not an invitation to write a policy paper in 50 words. Stanford average GPA: 3.96 Stanford accepts the Common Application and the Coalition application.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 24, 2023

In 2015, minorities filled only 9% of CEO and 14% of chief medical officers positions. The program provides students with a comprehensive curriculum that covers key subjects such as accounting principles, case management, marketing, human behavior in organizations, and issues in minority healthcare.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rice average ACT score: 25th percentile: 34 75th percentile: 36 Rice average SAT score: 25th percentile: 1500 75th percentile: 1560 International students: 13% Texas residents: 35% 27% identify as white and 34% identify as Asian American. But science alone cannot save the environment—public opinion and policy need to align, too.

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