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More controversy as yet another college becomes test optional. Applause for the University of Chicago.

Reasons To Celebrate Test-Optional Colleges Colleges that have test-optonal policies are betting their future classes will be just as good as they are now without scores. They're also expressing confidence that their evaluation policies can encourage students to focus on what's really important for college success.

And another school drops the ACT/SAT essay requirement!

Yale drops SAT, ACT essay requirements University  |  Yale drops SAT, ACT essay requirements Anastasiia Posnova Yale drops SAT, ACT essay requirements Anastasiia Posnova Staff Reporter Yale will no longer require applicants to submit essay scores from standardized tests, starting with high schoolers applying for admission to the clas...