12 hours ago, Brown University officiallyAnnouncing the mandatory submission of piping!
fromNext year's application cycle 2025fall begins, Brown University will reinstate the requirement for first-year admission applicants to submit standardized test scores (SAT or ACT) unless, in rare cases, students are unable to take these tests).
This is also the third Ivy League school to officially require standardization!
Previously, it was customary for 4 years to test-optionalYale announced
Decision to reinstate standardized testing as a mandatory requirement for application!
Moreover, Yale's requirements for standardized test scores this time,Not only is it limited to the SAT ACT, but it also increases AP or IB test scores。All applicants for 25fall and later, yesChoose one or more exam types from four options
That said, Yale allows applicants to substitute AP IB scores for the SAT ACT. However, applicants who choose to submit AP or IB scores must complete and obtain results in all subjects before applying.
According to Yale's official website, the middle 80% of the school's 2020 admission students in the middle of the ACT and SAT scores are as follows, but this is not an absolute standard:
At the same time, Yale said that inAP and IB exam scores will be targeted for applicants in the summer of 2025and further publish data for score ranges similar to those above.
It can be seen that this big Ivy League school is also about to start entering the "roll arena" of American university applications!
These schools,
are changing the standardization requirements!
In fact, Yale's change in standardization requirements is not unique.
At present, many universities have begun to increase the "hard threshold" of standardization! There are also some schools that are beginning to abandon these "prescriptive" standards.
In the 2025-2026 fall application season, it is expected that more U.S. schools will readjust their admissions policy requirements......
Big Vine Dartmouth: Mounting is strictly required
In June 2020, one of the Ivy League schoolsDartmouth CollegeAnnounced the suspension of the requirement for standardized test scores for undergraduate applicants; Four years later, the school re-updated this requirement on February 5, 2024.
Beginning with the Fall 2025 application season, standardized testing requirements for undergraduate admissions will be reintroduced, and all applicants will be required to submit standardized SAT or ACT scores.
For international students, then:SAT, ACT, or three Advanced Placement (AP) exams are required, or International Baccalaureate (IB), UK A-levels, or equivalent standardised national exams** or final exam results.
In addition to the Ivy League schools, these are also restarting
In addition to Yale and Dartmouth, the two Ivy League schools, many schools have already put "standardized scores must be submitted" on the agenda.
For example, in 2022,MIT has already announced that it will reintroduce standardized test scores as part of admissions reviews in the future.
And it will be updated synchronously in the "standardization" requirements on the official website. Starting with the next application season (2022-2023), schools require students applying to MIT to submit SAT ACT scores, including this new application and transfer application.
Purdue UniversityImmediately afterwards, it was announced that the 2024fall would be subject to standardized results.
In addition, there are such as:Georgetown University, University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of GeorgiaStandardized score requirements have been reinstated.
Whileus.news in 2023A copy was also postedA list of colleges that have test score requirements, including some of the schools mentioned above.
Comprehensive universities that require applicants to submit SAT ACT scores.
Duke "contradicts": give up piping
In contrast, in the recent past,Duke UniversityChristoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate admissions, wrote in an email to The Chronicle:
Starting this year, essay and standardized test scores are no longer scored separately in the undergraduate admissions process.
Before that, Duke generally wouldSix items are rated on a scale of 1-5, out of 30 points.
They include: course intensity, academic performance, extracurricular activities, letters of recommendation, essays, and standardized test scores.
And after this revision of the admissions policy, the schoolOnly four items will be scored: course intensity, academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and letters of recommendation
Christoph Gutentag explained that due to the current increase in artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT) and the increasing number of admissions counselors at U.S. universities, essays will no longer receive points.
However, this admissions policy has changed andIt will not affect the school's use of essays and standardized grades as a reference for student selection in the admissions processand admissions officers will pay more attention to the truly unique application essay.
It is worth noting that there are also those who are on the same "front" as DukeCalifornia Institute of Technology, the top science and technology school in the United States, is in a position of "not considered" for standardized results.
In addition, there is an announcement in March 2023 that the standardized score requirement will be permanently removedColumbia University
As the first Ivy League school to remove SAT or ACT score requirements, the university has also made it clear that undergraduate applicants still have the option to submit standardized scores, and that "students who choose not to submit test scores will not be disadvantaged in our admissions process." ”