UNC test required 2023 and beyond
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Anonymous
| What do you think? Will this have a big impact on admissions? |
Anonymous
| Good for them. Admire that they are not caving to this ridiculous trend. |
Anonymous
| Agree completely I think more schools will follow |
Anonymous
On their admissions? It will be what it always would be. If you're interested you apply. If not, you don't. |
Anonymous
Doubtful. I see this for FL, GA, NC, TX, TN type schools. No one else. |
Anonymous
| Getting back to normal. |
Anonymous
Harvard (Test Optional through 2026) > UNC The Harvards and UC schools will be the bellweathers, no - no it won't. |
Anonymous
Is that college class of 2026, or admission for fall of 2026? |
Anonymous
| Would someone provide a link. Is this a UNC specific test? Not seeing anything on google search that is recent on this. |
Anonymous
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its continued impact on access to testing for high school students, Harvard College will allow students to apply for admission without requiring SAT or ACT scores for the upcoming Harvard College Classes of ‘27, ‘28, ‘29, and ’30. |
Anonymous
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This is from the document...
"All applicants for admission, except those exempted by current UNC policy or regulation, must submit a standardized test score, even if they satisfy the minimum eligibility requirement through the high school GPA." There current policy going forward could be test optional. This seems like an old document because says being in March 1, 2017 in one bullet point. Unless, there is something that states being next year (2023) we require standardized test, they still could very much be test optional. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| It is an older document that was updated 2/22. They basically went back to their former test-required way. |
Anonymous
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Schools are going to realize that having objective measures, like SATs, benefits them.
In the absence of objective SATs, and the rampant grade inflation, schools are left with "admissions rates" to demonstrate their competitiveness. But, thanks to test optional, kids who never would have applied in the past, apply now. This means a ton of applicants and a plummeting admissions rate (that, naturally becomes a meaningless measure). See the 25% acceptance rate at Auburn. Without being able to point to the real stats like SATs, the schools dilute their prestige. That's the only thing that will motivate them to get back to "normal." |