Impact of SAT optional admissions

bluebayou
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:13:15 +0000

One of the issues that was raised was that students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds faced a challenge when they simply cannot afford the testing fees - let alone fees for multiple attempts at taking the test.

Yeah, I get that was one of the arguments, but like a lot of things with education, an argument not based on facts. Indeed, what facts we have support the contrary position.

For example, California requires SAT/ACT scores for UC and Cal State admissions, and both college systems have a huge proportion of low income students. The test requirement has not hindered them from applying. (Granted, not sure how many low income state students take the test “multiple” times.)