Wesleyan Makes Tests Optional in Admissions

chrisrb
Sat, 17 May 2014 04:58:41 +0000

Not sure what’s really going on here.

I have to wonder if this had anything to do with the sharp drop in applications this past year, especially since the upcoming New SAT – which really is an entirely different animal – much more rigorous, academically demanding, less coachable, and (therefore) probably significantly better as an admissions tool – has yet to be tried and tested.

Seems a lot of low-income students crossed Wesleyan off their lists last year due to the change in need-blind status, apps plummeted, and now here’s Dr. Roth trying to restore and beat application totals next year and in future years.

Based on the draft released on 4/16, which presumes a much higher level of academic skill and accomplishment than the easily-gamed, highly-coachable version that’s been wasting academic energy for decades, the New SAT has the potential to become “the test top schools use.”

What will this do to Wesleyan’s prestige, if anything, now that Wes has dropped the SAT without even a trial run of the new high-octane version?

Does Wes now become the “Pitzer of the East?”

I’m sure Pres. Roth would love Pitzer’s admission rate, anyway …

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