Reinstating standardized test requirements

[Anonymous]

The next school to do so is UMiami, which is interesting because most of the other privates that have announced their return to requiring scores are more highly-selective.

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/01/standardized-test-score-policy-reinstated-for-fall-2026-undergraduate-admissions-cycle.html

The University’s undergraduate admission counselors will still use a holistic process to review each applicant, carefully considering and contextualizing a student’s academic record, extracurricular activities, including community involvement and work, personal statement, and test scores, said Nate Crozier, assistant vice president of undergraduate admissions and marketing.

In reinstating the test score requirement on applications, the University joins other Association of American Universities (AAU) partner institutions, which began requiring test scores on their applications again recently, including Brown University, Dartmouth College, The Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, all Florida public colleges require test scores.

[Anonymous]

Because now schools like Miami are realizing that test-mandatory schools get more applications from high-scoring students.

[Anonymous]

The last kids who were in MS/HS during Covid are graduating this year. The pandemic cohort worked its way through and now it is time to revert back to pre-pandemic standards. I think we all knew this would happen eventually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The last kids who were in MS/HS during Covid are graduating this year. The pandemic cohort worked its way through and now it is time to revert back to pre-pandemic standards. I think we all knew this would happen eventually.

The class of 2025 was 100% in person for 9-12 (even in DCPS which was about the last school district in America to fully re-open).

These kids spent portions of middle school in virtual school but none of high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The last kids who were in MS/HS during Covid are graduating this year. The pandemic cohort worked its way through and now it is time to revert back to pre-pandemic standards. I think we all knew this would happen eventually.

The class of 2025 was 100% in person for 9-12 (even in DCPS which was about the last school district in America to fully re-open).

These kids spent portions of middle school in virtual school but none of high school.

DP but I expect that’s why the poster you’re responding to said “MS/HS.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The last kids who were in MS/HS during Covid are graduating this year. The pandemic cohort worked its way through and now it is time to revert back to pre-pandemic standards. I think we all knew this would happen eventually.

The class of 2025 was 100% in person for 9-12 (even in DCPS which was about the last school district in America to fully re-open).

These kids spent portions of middle school in virtual school but none of high school.

My '25's 9th grade year still had plenty of covid related disruptions -- they were covid tested every week and the school reverted to virtual whenever more than a couple students tested positive. But that doesn't impact the class of 26, nor is it relevant to whether test scores should be required.

[Anonymous]

Its because its FLORIDA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The last kids who were in MS/HS during Covid are graduating this year. The pandemic cohort worked its way through and now it is time to revert back to pre-pandemic standards. I think we all knew this would happen eventually.

The class of 2025 was 100% in person for 9-12 (even in DCPS which was about the last school district in America to fully re-open).

These kids spent portions of middle school in virtual school but none of high school.

My '25's 9th grade year still had plenty of covid related disruptions -- they were covid tested every week and the school reverted to virtual whenever more than a couple students tested positive. But that doesn't impact the class of 26, nor is it relevant to whether test scores should be required.

+1. Also being launched from 1.5 years of mostly zoom school straight into high school was very different than what 2026 experienced.

[Anonymous]

Schools get rated on 4 & 6 year graduation rates and kids staying in school. Everyone has a 4.0+ GPA but most don’t deserve it.

Tests help schools make good decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its because its FLORIDA

UMiami is a private university, in case that isn't clear.

[Anonymous]

All the selective schools will have to reinstate test requirements at some point.

The kids with good test scores will apply to test required schools with more frequency and while test optional will result in low admit rates the quality of the applicant pool will become diluted.

[Anonymous]

What kinds of scores do you think Miami will want to see?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its because its FLORIDA

Florida publics require testing so those in-state applicants will have test scores. State requirements for public universities do impact in-state privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kinds of scores do you think Miami will want to see?

Maybe check their 20-21 Common Data Set for the range when scores were last required.