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Baruch College follows a holistic admissions process by considering teacher recommendations, application essay, and extracurricular activities, in addition to standardized test scores and GPA. [61] For 2022, the average admitted student's GPA was 3.7, with an SAT score range of 1170–1350 and average ACT score of 27.
Only 4 percent of colleges now require test scores, down from 55 percent in 2019. Fewer than half… In college admissions, ‘test-optional’ is the new normal
Most of those schools are test-optional. A small number, though, have gone “test-blind” or “test-free,” meaning test scores are not factored into admissions decisions at all. That group ...
The TSAO does not have a uniform policy with respect to standardized testing, and two of its member schools remain test-optional as of the 2024-25 application cycle. [6] [7] With one exception, every TSAO member educates both boarding and day students, and offers a post-graduate year. St.
A new working paper from Dartmouth College researchers provides more evidence that ditching the SAT hurts disadvantaged college applicants.
Hofstra maintains a test-optional policy for admissions. For the cohort entering in 2023, 35% of enrollees submitted test scores and the average scores for the SAT were 1230-1410 and for the ACT were 27-33. [48] Hofstra admitted 62% of applicants with enrolled students having an average 3.7 GPA. [49]
It’s been almost four years since the state’s public universities stopped requiring students to submit test scores for admission. UNC System waived SAT, ACT requirements during the pandemic ...
FairTest alleges that a standardized test (all students take the same test under the same conditions) such as the SAT or ACT "consistently under-predicts the performance of women, African-Americans, people whose first language isn't English and generally anyone who's not a good test-taker", [9] as compared to the grades the students receive in ...