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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully never[/quote]

It already started.  CMC.  Next would be Swat Harveymudd, Williams, Pomona, Amherst, Wellesley.[/quote]
CMC is pretty conservative. Their faculty did a complete 180 on their opinion on the matter in a week time span. Pomona would need to see a similar flip in faculty votes, and, unlike CMC, they don’t have a conservative student body constantly attacking the institution for not being test required: [url] https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/bring-back-standardized-tests[/url]. 
Pitzer is actually the most likely college to next flip, since it needs to review its test-free policy: [url] https://theoutback.news/2025/04/09/claremont-colleges-face-big-decisions-on-testing-policies/[/url].

The issue with the top LACs is they’re all waiting for the other to go back to test required. There’s no benefit to Pomona going test required and dropping its yield, acceptance rate, and diversity if Williams or Amherst isn’t doing the same. When CMC does it, it’s consistent with their brand- politically neutral to slightly conservative, merit based (they even have merit aid), and attracting the Econ bro meritocracy crowd. Pomona wants to both attract an Econ student going into consulting, a studio art major who went to an art school that didn’t offer calculus bc, and a high-rigor student who is off to a PhD in molecular biology.[/quote]

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