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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]test optional was a failed experiment[/quote]

it wasn't an experiment it was due to testing centers closing during the pandemic[/quote]
CA schools didn't go TO because of covid.[/quote]

Am genuinely curious how the UC's are going to respond to the changes. UCLA had almost 145k applicants this year! Cal Berkeley had 125k applicants. Those numbers are... wild. [/quote]
From what I've read, UC admissions policies are heavily based on their own research and not the whims of politicians. They found they didn't need the SAT after studying the issue.

UChicago has similarly not let politics drive the decision. They went TO in 2018. [/quote]
UC's own study indicates that standardized tests is a better predictor of success in first year college students than GPA alone.

https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/underreview/sttf-report.pdf

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[i]How well do UC’s current standardized testing practices assess entering high school students for UC
readiness? How well do UC current standardized testing practices predict student success in the context
of its comprehensive review process?[/i]

The STTF found that [b]standardized test scores aid in predicting important aspects of student success[/b],
including undergraduate grade point average (UGPA), retention, and completion. At UC, test scores are
currently better predictors of first-year GPA than high school grade point average (HSGPA), and about as
good at predicting first-year retention, UGPA, and graduation.3 For students within any given (HSGPA)
band, higher standardized test scores correlate with a higher freshman UGPA, a higher graduation UGPA
and higher likelihood of graduating within either four years (for transfers) or seven years (for freshmen).
Further, the amount of variance in student outcomes explained by test scores has increased since 2007,
while variance explained by high school grades has decreased, although altogether does not exceed 26%.
[b]Test scores are predictive for all demographic groups and disciplines, even after controlling for HSGPA.
In fact, test scores are better predictors of success for students who are Underrepresented Minority
students (URMs), who are first-generation, or whose families are low-income[/b]..

The Task Force considered, but does not recommend, the following possibilities.
7) [b]The Task Force does not recommend that UC make standardized tests optional for applicants at this time[/b]
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