The discussion of MIT in the NYTimes article was disappointing, to say the least. The author completely garbles it. Doesn’t give much confidence for the rest.
Here is how @MITChris put it when addressing whether MIT was test optional:
And in response the observation that “many have the misconception that MIT experimented with TO and that it was a failure, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all,” @MITChrisresponded:
It was nothing about the quality of admits during the brief period when those who couldn’t take the test were still considered.