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Yale Adopts ‘Test-Flexible’ Policy

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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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Brown Reinstates SAT/ACT Requirement

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The university's announcement also includes news on its Early Decision and legacy admissions policies, both of which they'll maintain, at least for now. This new policy will trigger an "increase in applicants from schools with which the admissions office is unfamiliar and who present transcripts that are more difficult to interpret."

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Johns Hopkins Reinstates Standardized Testing

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The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. Several first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority students chose to "suppress their test scores," the report says, "rendering their applications less compelling than they might have been." The year before changing its policy, Hopkins enrolled 8.5%

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Declining Diversity at Top Colleges: What’s Going On?

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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. That's inarguable."

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Declining Diversity at Top Colleges: What’s Going On?

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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. That's inarguable."

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How Dual Enrollment Can Rescue Colleges From the Enrollment Cliff

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Participation in these programs is lower among underrepresented minority students. One is public policy. Eligibility standards can also impede access, especially if placement tests or high grade point averages are required. New data shows that almost 2.5 million high school students took dual enrollment courses in 2022-23.

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Harvard Reinstates Standardized Testing

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If a student is unable to access one of these tests, Harvard will instead accept Advanced Placement or the International Baccalaureate exam scores. Caltech does not consider SAT or ACT testing, its website stated until its policy reversal. Until recently, Caltech remained defiantly proud of its anti-test stance. Exclamation mark.