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Twitter Facebook One year after the widespread postponement of SAT and ACT tests persuaded BU to make standardized tests optional for students applying for undergraduate admission for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters, the University has extended its test optional policy for another year. In a statement posted Wednesday on the Admissions website, Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions, says the continuing risks associated with the global pandemic and limited access to standardized test administrations persuaded the University to extend the test optional policy for students applying for admission to either the fall 2022 or spring 2023 semesters. The test optional policy applies to all undergraduate schools and colleges at BU, as well as all scholarship programs. ....
Twitter Facebook As many as 30 low-income high-achieving students will matriculate at BU in fall 2022 on full scholarships, with no loans or parent contributions thanks to a new partnership between the University and a nonprofit promoting college access. California-based QuestBridge matches member universities and colleges with high school students, most of them the first in their family to attend college, says Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), BU’s associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions. BU becomes the 45th institution to partner with Questbridge, and the partnership caps two years of work on the collaboration, Walter says. Money for the scholarships will be provided by BU, which spent $290 million on financial aid in the 2020 fiscal year. QuestBridge recruits applicants and culls the number down to finalists (nearly 7,000 this year), who are asked to name the member institutions they’d like to attend. QuestBridge then forwards thei ....