The Standardized Testing Pendulum Swings Back
14th April 2025
In the name of “equity,” many competitive colleges had stopped using entrance exams in their application process.
Now, the pendulum has swung: Realizing that standardized tests actually do help school officials evaluate applications, administrators at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Brown, MIT, and more have reinstated use of the SAT and ACT.
This is a good course correction and a welcome return to a time when student merit and effort mattered.
I’d love to have admissions just depend on scores, as with A-levels in Britain. That would eliminate all subjective Wokery.