Several Colleges Waive ACT/SAT, Other Admission Requirements, Due to Coronavirus
For high school seniors unable to take the ACT and SAT, a number of colleges and universities are waiving testing and other requirements as part of admission for fall 2020 and possibly beyond.
From the March 30, 2020, Inside Higher Ed:
Colleges are dropping the SAT or ACT for admissions, they are waiving fees and they are extending deadlines. These are some of the ways admissions officials are responding to the coronavirus — and they’re just getting started in what is likely to be an unprecedented and potentially difficult spring.At least 17 colleges have dropped the SAT or ACT in recent weeks for one or two admissions cycles, specifically citing the impact of COVID-19.Boston University announced that it will go test optional for those applying in the fall of 2021 or the spring of 2022, but only those two semesters. …Tufts University announced a three-year experiment with going test optional. …In Oregon, the University of Oregon and Oregon State University announced that they would no longer require the SAT or the ACT, permanently. …The approach of combining concern over COVID-19 and equity concerns generally is prompting many colleges to act.Among them is Drury University….Scripps College announced a similar change and said that the policy “will CONTINUE READING: Several Colleges Waive ACT/SAT, Other Admission Requirements, Due to Coronavirus | deutsch29
