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To Test or Not To Test in 2023-24? Deciding if you want to go Test-Optional

Ivy Central

Recently, Columbia University was the first Ivy League to no longer require SAT/ACT testing as of 2023-24 and will be test-optional permanently. Test-blind means that a college or university will not consider your SAT/ACT score as part of their evaluation process even if you submit them. What Does it Mean to be Test-Optional (2023-24)?

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Thoughts On What 2023 College Admissions Tell Us About Future Applications

Ivy Central

As COVID hit the world in the spring of 2020 so the standard orthodoxy around SAT or ACT testing went out of the window as colleges declared themselves Test Optional, meaning that students could choose if they wanted to submit test scores and that their chances of acceptance wouldn’t be impacted if they didn’t.

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ACT Test Scores Hit 30-Year Low

BestColleges

The average composite ACT score dropped from 19.8 More students in the class of 2023 took the ACT test from the previous year. More students met none of the ACT benchmarks, compared to the previous year. The average composite score on the ACT dropped for the sixth-straight year from 19.8 for the class of 2022 to 19.5

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Making Sense of Colleges’ Changing Test Policies

Discovery College Consulting

Test-optional means that a college does not require applicants to submit ACT/SAT scores, but applicants can do so if they would like. Test-flexible means that a college requires scores but will accept other tests in in lieu of the ACT/SAT. Test-optional. Test-flexible. Test-blind. colleges became test-optional.

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Applying to U.S. Colleges as an International Student

Top Tier Admissions

In such an enormous applicant pool, it can be incredibly hard to stand out! Last year, there were over one million international scholars enrolled in U.S. colleges, drawn by the promise of an excellent education and increased professional opportunities. For students coming to the U.S. APPLYING TO U.S. At Harvard, for example, 15.4%

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Harvard Reinstates Standardized Testing

BestColleges

On April 11, Harvard College announced it would require applicants for the class of 2029 — applying in fall 2024 — to submit SAT or ACT scores. Harvard has reinstituted its standardized test requirement beginning next fall. The decision follows similar announcements from Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown. Why the about-face?

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How to Get into Harvard University

The Koppelman Group

What, like, it’s hard? Yes, it's hard. It's really hard. They are also extremely hard to get into, with just a 3.4% So, you want to get into Harvard? In case you live under a rock, Harvard is an Ivy League university in Boston… sorry we mean Cambridge, Massachusetts. acceptance rate last year. Warning: it’s a lot.