I think the decision to exclude tests is terrible. I think it is going to exclude many highly capable students in the service of accepting disadvantaged students. My son has a good GPA (4.0 weighted GPA) but is taking most of his APs his senior year which doesn’t count. He has only had one B and one B+, otherwise all As. Great marks by teachers. Has been selected to represent his class in a senior club. He has been the first chair of his (prestigious) orchestra section for three years. He is going to be a salutatorian at his very rigorous public high school. He scored almost perfect on his SATs but they will not be considered. He has only been accepted into UCR. Was waitlisted at UCI and UCSC. Was rejected at UCSB. I think any other year he would have been accepted there. Just a terrible decision.