Is this the New Norm?

lkg4answers
Wed, 30 Mar 2022 23:48:31 +0000

CMA22:

Those public universities (selective UCs and UVA) are among the Top 50 ranked public universities.

Yes, 6 of the 9 UCs are in USNWR top 40. The other three are pretty much in the top 100 - UCR (83), UCM (93) and UCSC (103)

A few years ago, USNWR added a factor evaluating social mobility. The UCs rank very high in the USNWR social mobility evaluation which raises their overall ranking. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/social-mobility

roycroftmom:

But it has little to do whether top programs like MIT ( the original subject) should use standardized test scores in addition to grades and other indicia in admissions

The original subject was not whether MIT should use standardized tests.

The original subject was:
Is this the New Norm?
So I’m curious. As someone who has had a less than favorable result in terms of college decisions (it seems like that’s been the case for a lot of people), and with the number of applicants rising as much as it has, do we think that this is what college admissions is going to look like from now on? And if so, why?

Can we please get back on topic and move the discussion about MIT test scores and math proficiency to MIT reinstates ACT/SAT test requirement?