Several colleges have adjusted admission requirements due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 31, the University of California, the largest public university system in the U.S., became flexible about the admissions requirements. They have suspended the SAT or ACT rule for students applying for fall 2021.
Aware of the struggles that high school students are going through, especially the seniors, the UC schools have also suspended the letter grade rule for the A-G courses.
Northeastern, Boston, Amherst, Vassar and Pomona College have all waived the SAT requirement. University of Oregon, Scripps College, Tulane and Texas Christian University have also set aside the SAT requirement for next year’s applicants.
Trinity University, Tufts, Williams, Davidson, Haverford and Rhodes College are now making the SAT optional, a rule that will remain for three years as a part of a pilot program before they re-evaluate their testing requirements.
The University of Washington, Cornell, Harvard, Case Western Reserve and Oregon State University made the SAT requirement optional only for applicants of 2021.
However, not all colleges have changed their admission requirements. Yale University and several other Ivy League schools still require the SAT as a part of a student’s admission, as well as Stanford and other selective colleges on the West Coast.