Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. News & World Report in 2024.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 14, 2024

University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) UCLA consistently receives some of the highest application volumes of any four-year university in the United States, and this year was no different as UCLA received 146,250 applications for first-year admission. None of the UCs offer early admission or consider standardized test scores.

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The Ivy Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As the pandemic continues to evolve, so does the world of college admissions. Colleges have already made significant changes to their admissions processes, basing their decisions on new criteria, removing the requirement for standardized tests, and transitioning annual recruitment activities to be virtual.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

That said, Muhlenberg’s SAT and ACT minimum requirements for its BS/DDS program are 1360 and 32, which are significantly higher than the average test scores of their general student body (around 1280 and 29). and What Is a Good ACT Score? What about test-optional policies? Suggested reading: What is a Good SAT Score?

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Since 2018, the university has ceased disclosing acceptance rates in real time, instead waiting months after admissions decisions have been made to report publicly available data. Both decreased from the year prior when 49% of enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 23% submitted ACT scores.

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AHM Advising

MARCH 23, 2022

CMU offers Early Decision and Regular Decision deadlines , as well as an Early Admission plan for high school juniors who are prepared to graduate early and head off to college. While standardized testing was optional for Fall 2022, they have not yet announced their testing policy for Fall 2023 and beyond.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

SAT and ACT For first-year and transfer applicants to CC and SEAS matriculating from fall 2023 through fall 2024 , Columbia is maintaining a test-optional policy. Previously, Columbia has required scores from either the SAT or the ACT, but no requirement for the writing section. ACT scores average 34.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Early Decision Application Process at Duke Applying through Duke’s Early Admission process is an exciting opportunity for students who are certain Duke is their top choice. The Early Decision application is binding, meaning if you’re accepted, you commit to attending. Is Duke Test Optional?

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

First, it initially differentiates between early decision and early action (the latter being nonbinding), yet the bill's subsequent language seems to imply only universities offering early decision would face sanctions, unless "early decision" is shorthand for both. The complaint, filed with the U.S.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

You’re still working on test scores. You’re planning to take or retake standardized tests and want to include your improved scores. Why Apply to Restrictive Early Action? Applying to Stanford through Restrictive Early Action (REA) can boost your chances of acceptance. You’re busy with something big. that same year.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

The student agrees to withdraw all other applications, and not accept any other offers of admission. Early action programs are a hybrid. Students may apply early under these early action (EA) programs and receive an early admissions decision. So why, then, do colleges like the early decision process?

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BestColleges

MARCH 15, 2023

Despite more than 300 schools extending their admission deadlines as well as waiving SAT/ACT requirements in hopes of retaining numbers, undergraduate enrollment dropped considerably. Number of Standardized Test-Takers, 2019-2022 Year SAT ACT GRE 2019 2.2 Note Reference [1] Fall enrollment dropped 2.6%

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 13, 2025

Dartmouth did not publish their early admissions acceptance statistics for students entering in Fall 2024 in the Common Data Set , but we have some numbers to go on when assessing how to craft the strongest ED application for each of our students. However, we do have some statistics to go on. It's all about the whole package.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 11, 2025

We love early admissions options, but they arent for everyone or every situation. To get into Brown ED, you must have all of the components of a strong application which well break down next by the early Fall of senior year. Today, all applicants are required to submit either an SAT or ACT score. Learn more.

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