Yale reinstates standardized testing requirement for applicants
Yale University has reinstated the requirement for prospective undergraduates to submit standardized test scores, reversing its previous policy during the pandemic. This decision follows a report from the university's Committee on Trust in Higher Education, which recommended the testing requirement. Yale's Dean stated that standardized test scores can help identify well-prepared candidates, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- ▪Yale University will require ACT or SAT scores for undergraduate applicants starting with the next admissions cycle.
- ▪The decision comes after a report recommended reinstating the testing requirement.
- ▪During the pandemic, Yale had a test-flexible policy allowing various standardized tests to be submitted.
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Yale University announced on Wednesday that it would once again require prospective undergraduates to submit ACT or SAT scores as part of their applications, reversing its pandemic-era policy shift. 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 applicants. Recommended Stories Watchdogs file civil rights complaint against Oregon over racial quotas in school funding policies DOJ sues UCLA for fostering ‘hostile’ antisemitic environment for Jewish and Israeli students Twenty-five states sue Trump administration over student loan cap for graduate programs “SAT and ACT scores are strong predictors of a student’s future Yale academic performance,…
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