During the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of California unanimously agreed to abolish the testing requirement, as high ...

There is a long-running debate over using standardized test scores to inform college and graduate admissions decisions, with some arguing that test scores are an important signal of academic strength ...

Yale University will once again require standardized test scores for undergraduate admissions, after the school found they were a better indicator of a student’s grades in college, reversing a ...

Can you make a better decision with less information? More specifically, can college admissions offices make better decisions without standardized test scores? In the last two decades, more and more ...

April 11 (UPI) --Harvard announced Thursday it will reinstitute the mandatory submission of standardized test scores for fall 2025 admissions. It's an abrupt reversal from previous policy of being ...

What is the most compelling theme in a college application essay? Overcoming adversity. It is not enough for an applicant to say they have experienced adversity. To be persuasive, the applicant must ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Columbia University announced that it no longer would require standardized tests including the SAT and ACT for incoming ...

UC President James B. Milliken announced a data-driven review of admissions testing after faculty warned they are being forced to re-teach middle school math to students.

Two of the nation’s premier universities - Columbia University and the College of William & Mary - have recently decided to extend their test-optional admissions policies indefinitely. Their ...

The announcement comes one month after the university’s Committee on Trust in Higher Education released its long-awaited report, which recommended that Yale impose a testing requirement for all ...

Prospective undergraduate students for the fall 2026 semester will be required to submit standardized test scores as a part of their application to the University of Miami for the first time since ...

HANOVER, N.H. - Dartmouth College is reinstating its standardized testing requirement for undergraduate applicants, reversing a change made at the start of the pandemic nearly four years ago.