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Amid a tumultuous year, Harvard University decided the absence of the SAT and ACT exams in its admissions process was unsustainable and is once again requiring the tests from applicants.
Harvard first made the SAT and ACT exams optional during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a necessary step since the vast majority of SAT and ACT exams were canceled in the spring of 2020 and were still limited through the following school year. But unlike many other schools, Harvard did not reinstate the testing requirement when the pandemic receded and testing was once again readily available.
To say the last year at Harvard has been difficult would be a gross understatement. In June, the university lost its bid to defend the practice of affirmative action at the Supreme Court. Then, in the fall, the school was embroiled in controversy over an explosion of antisemitic activity on campus. And finally, Claudine Gay, the school’s first black woman president, was forced to resign amid growing plagiarism allegations and fallout over her refusal to label calls for the genocide of Jews as harassment during a congressional hearing.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra said in a statement regarding the return of score acceptance: “More information, especially such strongly predictive information, is valuable for identifying talent from across the socioeconomic range… With this change, we hope to strengthen our ability to identify these promising students.”
BREAKING: Harvard has reversed course and will require applicants to submit standardized tests scores in the next application cycle.
“For the Class of 2029 admissions cycle, Harvard will require submission of scores for the SAT or ACT. In exceptional cases in which applicants… pic.twitter.com/7UFIDRXffn
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) April 11, 2024
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