Fox News

Harvard defends return to old policy requiring SAT/ACT test scores for admission

After being one of many schools that dropped testing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard is making national headlines by reinstating them for new applicants in the next admissions cycle ...
The Harvard Crimson

Standardized Tests, Unstandardized Students

Sandhya Kumar ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Statistics in Winthrop House. In high school I was terrified of the SAT. I felt like it would ...
The New York Times

Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission

The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional. By Anemona Hartocollis and Stephanie Saul Harvard will reinstate ...
The Harvard Crimson

The Return to Test Requirements Shrank Harvard’s Applicant Pool. Will It Change Harvard Classrooms?

The return of standardized testing requirements drove down the size of Harvard’s application pool this year — but it’s not clear how the change will affect the profile of future freshman classes. The ...
The New York Times

Harvard Is Bringing Back Standardized Tests. Other Schools Should, Too.

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