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A year into COVID-19, high school students are given the option to apply test-optional to top universities all around the U.S. Though, once the pandemic is over students will lose this newfound flexibility within the college admission process.
At the start of the pandemic, over 700 colleges nationwide were left with no choice but to change their strict SAT and ACT policies to not require students to submit their standardized test scores. Test-optional policies force colleges to take a more holistic view of each student, and push students to not only excel in their classes but find ways to stand out against a pool of students.
College Board
The College Board s announcement last week that it is killing the SAT Subject Tests and the SAT Essay was both rumored for some time and a surprise.
Many had speculated that the board would be forced by the pandemic to make major changes. In the fall, it turned away hundreds of thousands of students who registered for the SAT (the main SAT and subject tests) because of test-site closures. And the vast majority of colleges are now test optional or test blind, at least for this year, meaning they will not even look at an SAT or ACT score when deciding whether to admit a student. The changes announced were clearly designed to preserve the main SAT and the Advanced Placement program.