Yale Reverts to Standardized Test Requirement for Fall 2025 Admissions
Yale University has recently announced a significant shift in its approach to standardized testing requirements, marking a departure from the test-optional policies embraced during the pandemic. This move, which comes into effect for fall 2025 admissions, aligns with a broader trend in Ivy League institutions, namely Dartmouth College's recent decision. The shift is motivated by concerns that students, despite possessing solid scores, were hesitant to submit them, fearing they fell short of perfection
The big change compared to pre-COVID test requirements is Yale's newly adopted "test flexible" policy, which allows students to submit subject-based Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) test scores as an alternative to SAT or ACT scores. The university asserts that while test scores are imperfect, they remain a strong predictor of academic success. Students with higher scores tend to achieve higher Yale GPAs.
Yale received a record-breaking 57,000 applications for admission this fall. In a recent NY Times article, Jeremiah Quinlan, the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale acknowledged that their test-optional policy contributed to the surge in applications. However, even among the 1,000 students admitted without submitting test scores, their performance in Yale courses has been commendable.
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