Stanford will be requiring test scores

[Anonymous]

Beginning with the 2025–2026 application cycle, Stanford will reinstate its standardized testing requirement. ACT or SAT scores will be required for first-year and transfer students submitting applications for the Fall 2026 entry term.

[Anonymous]

Common sense shall prevail.

[Anonymous]

And there goes the low income students!

[Anonymous]

Didn’t they announce this in June?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t they announce this in June?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common sense shall prevail.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And there goes the low income students!

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there goes the low income students!

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.

I don't really see why this is any more a fair system. I get that poor people aren't a protected class, but it is ridiculous that we attempt to correct education at the finish line.

[Anonymous]

Good

[Anonymous]

Elite colleges are ecstatic to go back to the old times of majority white, wealthy institutions. Not sure why they got so bent on their own helium about how they are social mobility engines when they educate a minuscule portion of the population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there goes the low income students!

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.

I don't really see why this is any more a fair system. I get that poor people aren't a protected class, but it is ridiculous that we attempt to correct education at the finish line.

This! All resources must be applied at the primary/secondary education levels. Admission to college should be on the same standard for everyone with minor exceptions for culturally ingrained BS like sports and legacy. Subsidize those that can't pay tuition but that shouldn't be a factor in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there goes the low income students!

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.

I don't really see why this is any more a fair system. I get that poor people aren't a protected class, but it is ridiculous that we attempt to correct education at the finish line.

This! All resources must be applied at the primary/secondary education levels. Admission to college should be on the same standard for everyone with minor exceptions for culturally ingrained BS like sports and legacy. Subsidize those that can't pay tuition but that shouldn't be a factor in admissions.

I'm a big proponent of required AP/IB and SAT scores. Every time I bring this up, someone responds with "But not all underfunded schools provide AP coursework" 1) Okay and? How many poor students are going to elite colleges in the first place and 2) this is not a good defense as to why we should allow underprepared students into elite schools. They will be surrounded and trampled by students who all do well in standardized exams.

[Anonymous]

what is their 25/50/75 for sat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And there goes the low income students!

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.

I don't really see why this is any more a fair system. I get that poor people aren't a protected class, but it is ridiculous that we attempt to correct education at the finish line.

It’s not about correcting education. It’s about giving bright but disadvantaged kids a shot at a first class education that will offer them social mobility.

The kids cannot help what families they are born into, and a bright poor kid who gets 1450 on the SAT with minimal prep deserves a space at a Stanford as much as the privileged, tutored, and enriched kid who gets a 1600.

Universities want bright minds above all, and they know that kids who come from underprivileged backgrounds are a source of untapped human capital.

[Anonymous]

I'm tired of the BS claim that only rich kids have access to SAT prep. There are a bazillion free SAT prep resources out there.