test optional
Assessment not mandatory
Test optional describes an admissions policy that doesn't require standardized test scores like the SAT or ACT.
Applicants may submit scores if they choose, but won't be penalized for omitting them: Many colleges went test optional during the pandemic.
Distinguished from test-blind policies, which ignore scores entirely even if submitted.
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- college admissionsEntry to undergraduate study
- admissionsActs of letting in
- SATCollege admissions exam
- ACTCollege readiness assessment
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- College Policytuition caps, federal funding, state funding, financial aid, student aid
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mandatoriness
test optionalmandatory
Required by rule
required · compulsory · obligatory · non-negotiable · prerequisite
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