Yale is now also going to re-require standardized test scores as a requirement for admission. What’s interesting and funny is this:
Prior to the pandemic, requiring tests had not impeded Yale’s ability to significantly increase the diversity of our student body. Between 2013 and 2019, the number of first-year undergraduates eligible for a Pell Grant increased by 95%, first-generation college students increased 65%, and under-represented minority students increased 52%.
Our positive experience of reviewing applications without ACT or SAT scores also taught us that requiring only those tests prior to 2020 likely discouraged some promising students from underrepresented backgrounds from applying. The most recent four applicant pools have been the largest ever and have contained record numbers of applications from students who will be the first in their families to attend college, who live in lower-income neighborhoods, and who identify as members of underrepresented minority groups
So it used to be that test scores were racist and were keeping under-represented minority students out of the Ivys, but now they are good and help that same cohort.
Go figure….
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