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The SAT and ACT are less important than you might think

  • Written by Mary L. Churchill, Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice, Boston University
imageWhether on paper or computerized, standardized tests may be in decline.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

College admission tests are becoming a thing of the past.

More than 80% of U.S. colleges and universities do not require applicants to take standardized tests – like the SAT or the ACT. That proportion of institutions with...

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