HANOVER, N.H. - Dartmouth College is reinstating its standardized testing requirement for undergraduate applicants, reversing a change made at the start of the pandemic nearly four years ago.
Dartmouth is the first Ivy League school to announce it is moving away from "test-optional" admissions. The new policy will start with prospective students for the Class of 2029.
"For Dartmouth, the evidence supporting our reactivation of a required testing policy is clear," the school based in Hanover, New Hampshire said in a statement. "Our bottom line is simple: we believe a standardized testing requirement will improve -- not detract from -- our ability to bring the most promising and diverse students to our campus."
SAT and ACT scores are a "key method" to help determine which students will succeed at Dartmouth, according to a study commissioned by school president Sian Beilock.
Dartmouth said researchers found that test scores help the school identify high achievers "from less-resourced backgrounds." They also learned that the test-optional policy apparently discouraged some low-income students from submitting scores in their applications, even when those scores would have helped strengthen their candidacy.
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Dartmouth is the first Ivy League school to announce it is moving away from "test-optional" admissions. The new policy will start with prospective students for the Class of 2029.
"For Dartmouth, the evidence supporting our reactivation of a required testing policy is clear," the school based in Hanover, New Hampshire said in a statement. "Our bottom line is simple: we believe a standardized testing requirement will improve -- not detract from -- our ability to bring the most promising and diverse students to our campus."
SAT and ACT scores are a "key method" to help determine which students will succeed at Dartmouth, according to a study commissioned by school president Sian Beilock.
Dartmouth said researchers found that test scores help the school identify high achievers "from less-resourced backgrounds." They also learned that the test-optional policy apparently discouraged some low-income students from submitting scores in their applications, even when those scores would have helped strengthen their candidacy.
Dartmouth College brings back standardized testing admissions requirement
Dartmouth is the first Ivy League school to announce it is moving away from "test-optional" admissions.
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