Education
Harvard, Caltech Reverse Course and Reinstate Standardized Tests
- Dartmouth, Yale and Brown all recently restored requirements
- Schools say the practice helps identify less-privileged kids
Lowell House on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology said they plan to reinstate the SAT or ACT as requirements for admission, joining a growing group of elite US schools returning to standardized tests after a pause prompted by the pandemic.
Harvard said the new policy will apply to students seeking admission in fall 2025, backtracking from an earlier decision to make testing optional for several more years. Caltech also said Thursday it would require applicants to submit scores when they apply this fall, a year before its moratorium on testing had been set to expire.