Two-thirds of US colleges to ignore SAT for undergraduate admissions
US schools willing to ignore SAT scores for undergraduate admissions make up two-thirds of the 2,330 bachelor-degree institutions in the country. The SAT score is primarily used by US universities to evaluate students for their UG admissions.
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These US schools will be admitting candidates with regard to their secondary and high school performance, without ACT/SAT scores.
Around 1,600 American undergraduate schools have declared that they will be test blind as the admission cycle for fall 2022 begins. These US schools will be admitting candidates with regard to their secondary and high school performance, without ACT/SAT scores.
These 1,600 UG schools are two-thirds of the 2,330 bachelor-degree institutions in the US. The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) score is primarily used by US universities to evaluate students for their undergraduate admission.
This is the second consecutive year that admissions to US bachelor’s programmes will be test blind. With SAT schedules getting cancelled in various countries, top US universities continue to keep their gates open for those unable or unwilling to take the exam.
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