Study Reaffirms Mt. Holyoke SAT Policy

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<p>Epiphany, before applauding MHC’ policy, you may be interested to see how Mrs. Brown views the “high school curriculum contributions” : </p>

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Last year Mount Holyoke stopped requiring SAT scores, as have some 380 four-year institutions. The new findings are unlikely to change that policy, says Brown, enrollment chief at the women’s college in South Hadley, Mass.</p>

<p>SAT scores were never more than 10 percent of an application, she says, adding that prospective students spend more time, money and worry than the scores warrant. There’s also a risk of overlooking disadvantaged but promising students with lower scores.</p>

<p>**“We knew that we had other ways of assessing students that were equally, if not more, predictive of success at Mount Holyoke,” Brown says. “The SAT is a very narrow measure of student ability. Frankly, I think GPA is a very narrow predictor. I’d rather look at civic engagement. What are the measures of success from a societal point of view?” **

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