More colleges than ever have test-optional admissions policies — and that's a good thing
- Written by Joseph Soares, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
The number of colleges and universities with test-optional admissions policies recently topped 1,000 -- a milestone that one expert says is a welcome trend.Shutterstock.com
Back in the 1980s, Bates College and Bowdoin College were nearly the only liberal arts colleges not to require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores.
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