This week, we at History, Rinse, & Repeat celebrated the Easter weekend. In honor of the holiday, this week’s piece is a little lighter than our (or at least my) normal fare. Last month, Dartmouth College made the headlines when it announced that it would once again require that applicants for admission provide either ACT or ACT scores. Dartmouth’s actions were followed by a number of other elite universities, including Brown, University of Texas, and Yale, the last of which qualified its requirement by allowing students to substitute Advanced Placement exams or international baccalaureate test scores. Earlier, MIT had reversed its test optional policy to require the submission of test scores. Although originally justified as a response to COVID, many experts believe that universities that continue a test optional policy do so in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in
How Raising The Basket Can Lower The Bar
How Raising The Basket Can Lower The Bar
How Raising The Basket Can Lower The Bar
This week, we at History, Rinse, & Repeat celebrated the Easter weekend. In honor of the holiday, this week’s piece is a little lighter than our (or at least my) normal fare. Last month, Dartmouth College made the headlines when it announced that it would once again require that applicants for admission provide either ACT or ACT scores. Dartmouth’s actions were followed by a number of other elite universities, including Brown, University of Texas, and Yale, the last of which qualified its requirement by allowing students to substitute Advanced Placement exams or international baccalaureate test scores. Earlier, MIT had reversed its test optional policy to require the submission of test scores. Although originally justified as a response to COVID, many experts believe that universities that continue a test optional policy do so in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in