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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Use of standardized tests is not a "craze". Most LACs were test required pre-covid.

Now that tests are shorter, digital and more easily accessible, I think the ones that were test required before covid will go back to that.

As others have noted, CMC already announced it will go back to test required next year. And even though they are currently TO, they do require test results from all admitted students so they can take note of what it was, even if it was not part of the admission decision this year.

I expect Pomona, Swarthmore, Wellesley and Williams to go back to test required in the coming years, like they were before.

I do expect Bowdoin, Wesleyan and Carleton will stay test optional for the long-term.
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To what benefit? These schools are receiving more fellowship winners and grad school acceptances than ever. What’s the point of changing demographics cause Harvard needs to?[/quote]

???  Most of the most well-regarded LACs (Williams, Amherst, Swat, Pomona, Wellesley, Carleton, Claremont, etc.) mandated tests back pre-covid only 5 years ago. Why would they not go back given it helped them choose great classes before? Only Wesleyan and Bowdoin (I believe) were test optional then. Standardized tests are a simple and low-effort way schools can put a check on grade inflation that's more objective than GPA. [b]And don't suggest AP scores, those are only relevant for schools that offer APs. Many public and private schools don't teach AP curriculum so it's only a useful gauge if all schools offered the same amount of subjects with the same curriculum[/b] in the same way.[/quote]
Seems like the wisest thing for schools to begin demanding. For decades, students at privates have taken AP tests without taking AP courses- it isn’t needed. If you actually want to see how a student performs long term in a core curriculum, this makes much more sense than the SAT.

Anyway, these schools have little reason to go back to TO. Their apps are up, their yields are improving, and their students are doing fine. I don’t know why people are so obsessed with test scores.[/quote]

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