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Colleges roll back test-optional admissions policies in dramatic shift from Covid-era guidelines

Colleges roll back test-optional admissions policies in dramatic shift from Covid-era guidelines

By Evan Luo '25, Features Editor April 17, 2024

In a major shift, many elite colleges have reverted back to their former testing policies, including the University of Texas Austin, Yale University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, Harvard University,...

Dueling opinions: Should colleges be test optional?

Dueling opinions: Should colleges be test optional?

By James Gong '26 and Angela Jin '24 April 16, 2024

"Test optional" policies make for more equitable college admissions When COVID first hit and the mandated quarantine began, colleges were required to go test-optional, meaning while students had the...

Illustration by Kiern Lim '25

The College Board overhauls the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

By Evan Luo '25, Features Editor October 5, 2023

As 5th formers navigate a labyrinth of academic pressures, the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) looms on the horizon. Scheduled for October 18, the PSAT will change the standardized testing landscape and lay the...

SATs are cancelled, what now?

SATs are cancelled, what now?

By Nari Tung April 22, 2020

The organizations that give out SAT and ACT tests have announced that they’re putting off the exams amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The April 4 ACT test has been rescheduled for June while both the...

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