Applications to the University of California schools are due today, the traditional end of November deadline for the nation’s largest public university system. On the eve of this deadline, we figured we’d pose one question: Why do the University of California schools, which are now test-blind as a matter of …
The University of California schools, which are not test-optional but instead test-blind, will not be using any standardized test in its admissions process now or apparently ever in the future. After eliminating the SAT and ACT from the decision-making process, UC faculty were tasked with determining if an alternative to …
Stanford University has opted to extend its test-optional admissions policy. The new extension will impact applicants to Stanford’s Class of 2027 as well as transfer applicants. In all, this marks three years in a row that the Palo Alto, California-based institution has not required test scores for admission. Stanford dropped …
While it may well be a surprise to no one, the number of students in the high school graduating Class of 2021 who took the SAT fell sharply from the high school graduating Class of 2020. For the Class of 2011, about 1.5 million students took the SAT — compared …
If one subscribes to the list-serv for the National Association for College Admission Counseling as we do, one might think that just about everyone and their Great Aunt Sally is against the consideration of the SAT or ACT in college admissions. Except of course the employees of The College Board …
Thinking about not sending in test scores to elite universities this admissions cycle? Think again. As we’ve long suggested on the pages of this college admissions blog, test-optional policies aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. All else being equal, at a school with a test-optional admissions policy, a student …
A little less than a month ago, we shared news that the United Parcel Service lost the AP exams of over 100 students from Starpoint High School. The completed exams were misplaced in transit to The College Board’s headquarters. This fiasco, of course, was very frustrating to the students who …
As loyal readers of our college admissions blog know all too well, we believe that test-optional admissions policies don’t mean all that much. All else being equal, a student with great test scores will always have an advantage over a student with no test scores. Never, however, did we suggest …
Just where is that box full of AP exams? If you’re one of the over 100 students who took an AP exam this past spring that was lost in transit to the headquarters of The College Board, aim your arrows at the United Parcel Service. And know that New York’s …
Wondering when the SAT will be offered during the 2021-2022 academic year? If so, wonder no more as we’ve got the test dates for our readers. We’ve also got the corresponding registration and late registration deadlines and the score release dates for added measure. SAT Test Date Offered Internationally? Test …
