While the Covid-19 pandemic was at its worst, many institutions changed their admissions policies to test-optional ones to accommodate applicants. Nevertheless, as the threat from the pandemic has subsided, this change in policy has now become the norm across the country.
In an announcement on its website, the school announced that standardized tests like the ACT or SAT will be optional when it comes to the admissions process.
Columbia University announced it will make permanent a pandemic-induced pause in standardized testing requirements for applicants, confirming Friday that the process would continue to be test-optional.
High school students applying for undergraduate spots at Penn State University through fall 2025 won’t have to take the SAT or ACT for admission, as the state’s flagship public institution is extending its test-optional policy once again. Penn State introduced the program in 2020 as a one-year pilot during the