Test Scores Count Again at MIT
Wall Street Journal | The Editorial Board
The Editorial Board commends MIT’s decision to reinstate the ACT/SAT test requirement for admissions after making the tests optional for the past two years. “The attack on merit and achievement has gained steam as more American universities have abandoned standardized test scores as an admissions requirement. So congratulations to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”
As the WSJ reports, MIT’s dean of admissions explained: “Our ability to accurately predict student academic success at MITis significantly improved by considering standardized testing—especially in mathematics…[the tests] help us identify academically prepared, socioeconomically disadvantaged students who could not otherwise demonstrate readiness.”
In a 3/29 WSJ piece Go Tech!, James Freeman hails the decision, going into detail on why MIT made the decision.
In the 4/12 WSJ Future View, students discuss whether colleges should require standardized tests.
