impact soon to be students? well, for your second question, that s a big deal for the court right now, which is that the process is underway and is the court going to throw it out and make them return to the other process, that s a big deal whether the court would want to just disrupt what s going on. you know, as far as the percentage of ethnic groups, there is one coming to the supreme court in which the percentage of asian students at harvard will be at issue here, and a lot of cases in which asian students who were overrepresented, according to their numbers, do very, very well on admissions tests and get in school and make up a large portion of the student body. and you ve had protests about this, you ve had changes in policy like you had at thomas jefferson high school. the question is, was the old way
s.a.t. to students. reporter: the s.a.t. has drawn fire from critics for decades. a 2021 study shows that admissions tests discriminate against minority and low-income students at selective colleges. are the s.a.t.s still relevant with so many schools going test optional? not really. reporter: in fact, some of the most prestigious schools in the country have dropped the s.a.t., schools like princeton, stanford, and notre dame all make test scores optional on their applications. it s an inaccurate predictor. it s highly coachable. it s biased against many important populations. and, most importantly, schools don t need it. reporter: nearly 80% of schools no longer require the test, despite high interest in the s.a.t. from some students, like natalia cossio. it s like a confidence booster if you get a really good score. reporter: maybe a boost of confidence, but no longer a barrier for students striving for their dream school. meg oliver, cbs news.
With COVID-19 upending everything that was routine about public education in North Carolina in 2020, the leaders of the UNC system wisely decided to waive their standardized testing requirements for
May 28—If you want to go to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the next few years, you can ditch the SAT prep sessions, forget about filling in circled answers on your ACT and won't have to waste a Saturday morning when you could be sleeping. The school announced Thursday that ACT or SAT scores would be optional for admission through the 2025 fall admissions cycle. "Though we believe .