Brown University has joined Yale and Dartmouth in reinstating standardized test requirements for admissions, becoming the third Ivy League school to do so. This decision marks a shift from the test-optional policies adopted during the pandemic. The move aims to use test scores as predictors of student performance, with some critics skeptical of its impact on underrepresented applicants.
Yale University will reinstate standardized test requirements for admissions, but is it embracing merit? https://t.co/3G0Xe8N2g7 via Paul du Quenoy
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Ivy League colleges that brought back standardized tests say test-optional policies hurt underrepresented students. Some, including people who work with those students, are skeptical. https://t.co/RlOGtIqCun
"Test-optional admissions may sound like a reasonable approach, but in practice, it adds significant complexity to an already-bewildering college-application process—and complexity tends to harm the already disadvantaged," @ProfDavidDeming writes: https://t.co/ek8qG2DHt5
Ivy League schools say bringing back SATs will help underrepresented applicants. Some critics are skeptical. https://t.co/OrDmRrbY3D
Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown have announced they will require standardized tests for admissions. Penn joins Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, and Columbia in remaining test optional for another year: https://t.co/aQtpaIdJd0
“I commend Yale University and other institutions that, despite acknowledging the imperfections of standardized tests, recognize their pivotal role as essential data points in admissions decisions,” @AamirNHussain writes. https://t.co/heB4nApeOQ
Brown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for admission, joining Yale, Dartmouth and MIT in backtracking on “test optional” policies adopted during the Covid pandemic. https://t.co/pOOXIojEiL
Brown University will reinstate its requirement that applicants submit standardized-test scores, university officials announced Tuesday, the third Ivy League school to return to that pre-pandemic admission norm in recent weeks. https://t.co/hCMmaJxhM1
Another Ivy League university has gone back to using standardized tests. https://t.co/tKLFA8fBGh
Yale University will reinstate standardized test requirements for admissions, but is it embracing merit? https://t.co/3G0Xe8N2g7 via Paul du Quenoy
NEW: Brown University is the third Ivy League school to return to requiring standardized testing for admissions. Like Dartmouth and Yale, Brown reports that “an applicant’s test scores are a strong predictor of a student’s performance once enrolled.” https://t.co/MwE5GQxU3m
The University of Pennsylvania won’t require standardized testing for next year, bucking the trend of Ivy League peers Dartmouth, Yale and Brown. https://t.co/SFTTWxLw1N
Yale, Dartmouth and Brown say they're making standardized tests like the SAT and the ACT mandatory again. Here's what that means for aspiring college students https://t.co/dQmSrNX0ni
Brown University to reinstate standardized test requirements https://t.co/KBFBs8I5ht
Brown University is again requiring the SAT or ACT for admission, becoming the third Ivy League college this year to announce a return to standardized testing following a pause caused by the pandemic. https://t.co/ZAsyIC5yYW
Brown Becomes Third Ivy League School Reinstating Standardized Test Requirement https://t.co/ADV2YYXOak https://t.co/yfwCx8xkiV
It may be tempting to believe that Yale and the few peer institutions that have reinstated test scores have seen the light and embraced merit once again, but a closer look at their stated motivations raises questions. https://t.co/3G0Xe8N2g7 via Paul du Quenoy
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